female?

[Finn]

Hello. I've been looking for marginated tortoises to adopt. I came across a post someone wrote.
The owner was selling a marginated tortoise and an ibera greek tortoise(apparently kept together in a 3' x 1.5' enclosure). I was only interested in the marginated tortoise and it just so happened that the greek tortoise was sold.
The owner said zir tortoise was sold to zir as a female but the margie's 13cm (5.1 inch) now. So I don't think the previous owner was sure.
Does this tortoise look female to you?

It's possible they affect the price, and I actually do prefer a female because they generally grow smaller. To me, ne looks female, but I'm not familiar with sexing torts, so... I'm asking you Any opinions?

 

[Yvonne G]

I'm not familiar with that species, but the tail looks pretty small (female).

 

[Xavier]

It may not even be sexually mature yet. But if it is.. possible female.

 

[biochemnerd808]

At 5" (13cm), this Margie is still way too young/small to sex reliably. If I remember correctly, they need to be at least 8" long, and even then, there are late bloomers that grow a male tail at a bit older.

 

[kimber_lee_314]

Kind of small - but I'm going to go with female as well.

 

[yillt]

Female.