I was wondering if there was a way w/o blood to tell if a DT is a mojave or sonoran DT, or a mix w/ texas tort. I just listened to a presentation about DT's and where captive ones are coming from,and I was just curious...
egyptiandan said:The short answer is yes you can. but you can't until he's adult and by than you can visually tell what sex.
Danny
chelonologist said:egyptiandan said:The short answer is yes you can. but you can't until he's adult and by than you can visually tell what sex.
Danny
I'm working on a headstarting study at Ft. Irwin, where we're radiotracking pen-raised juveniles that have been released outside of the pens. We're curious about the sex ratio of our study group, so we've drawn blood samples to determine their sex. Some of our guys are really small, and the largest ones aren't even close to adult size. But one of our research partners believes he has a test to determine sex, even at a young age. We collected the blood samples about 6 weeks ago; I'll report back if we get positive results.