Please help.me sex my cherry head.

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Good evening,

It has been a minute since I posted anything. My cherry head redfoot is about 8.5" long and weighs about 1800 grams. I am hoping someone can help me sex him/her. I took a couple of photos of the plastron. Please let me know if you need anything else.

Thanks in advance
 

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Thank you. Can you help me understand what you are seeing that gives you that conclusion. I am not trying to second guess you. I am just trying to understand better. I feel like I have looked through dozens of post and can never seem to get it right before I read the answer.
 
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The plastron around the tail is wider spread out on a male to allow for the larger tail, more of a spread out V whereas the female is a pretty prominent U shape, because they have a smaller tail. Also one of these days you will see the phallus most likely when you are soaking him. Also adult males have a distinct hourglass shape to their shellrefoot_tortoise_sexing-2919819745.jpg
 
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