Actually, male and female lotus leaf tortoises are very easy to distinguish. The way to distinguish males and females of lotus tortoises can be seen from the tail, the thick tail is the male lotus tortoise, on the contrary, the smaller tail is the female lotus tortoise.

However, for mature lotus tortoises, we can also look at the body size, the same age Female tortoises are slightly larger than males. Typically, the maximum carapace length of male tortoises is 12-15cm, while females can grow to around 20cm.