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How to distinguish male and female geometric tortoises

2022-03-28 / 278 Read

Observing the gender characteristics of geometric tortoises, you can distinguish males and females:

Female geometric tortoises: short and wide carapace, flat plastron without depression in the center, thin and short tail, and thin tail base , the cloaca is closer to the posterior edge of the plastron, the notch formed by the two anal shields of the plastron is shallow, and the angle of the notch is larger.

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Male geometric tortoise: carapace is long and narrow, and the center of the plastron is slightly Inwards, the tail is thick and long, the base of the tail is thick, the cloaca is far from the rear edge of the plastron, and the two anal shields of the plastron have deep nicks and small notch angles.