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How to distinguish male and female shell turtles

2021-10-02 / 204 Read

How to distinguish male and female Baise box turtles, take a look at the following points.

How

1、The male turtle's carapace is long and slightly flat, and the tail is thicker and longer; the female turtle's carapace is thick and the tail is shorter.

2. The male yellow-margined box turtle has a higher arched back, a pointed top, a slightly pointed rear edge of the plastron, and a long tail. , the cloacal hole is farther from the base of the tail; the back of the female turtle is less arched, but the top is blunt, the rear edge of the plastron is slightly semicircular, the tail is thick and short, and the cloacal hole is closer to the base of the tail.

3. Female Baise sea turtles have a rounder body, males are longer, females have flat bottoms, males are concave, females The tail is short, and the tail of the male Baise sea turtle is long.