Judging by appearance, the male Egyptian tortoise has a hollow plastron. The head will be relatively smaller than the female turtle, the color of the tortoise shell will be darker, the body will be longer and thinner, and the tail will be long and slender. The female tortoise of the Egyptian tortoise has a flat plastron, a shallow shell, and a short body. thick.

Male Egyptian tortoises have a peculiar smell and are more intense, while female Egyptian tortoises have The odor is relatively light. Judging from the cloaca hole, the cloaca hole of the male Egyptian tortoise is closer to the tail and the hole shape is longer, while the cloaca hole of the female Egyptian tortoise is closer to the plastron, and the hole shape will be relatively round.