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We were taking some pics of my adults today and someone suggested it would be helpful for everyone to see. It is interesting to see that not all of the females' anal scutes have the well known, "sure sign of a girl", the rounded anal scutes. Some of the cherry females' anal scutes are noticeably different and more masculine. It is also interesting that some of the females also develop a concave plastron. No where near as pronounced as the males, but it is still concave and not totally flat. Mind you, these are of my adults where the sex of each tort is known. These differences in adults illustrate why it is so hard to accurately sex the sub adults and impossible with the hatchlings. Here are the pics. Enjoy!
Allegra
Some are the easily identified rounded scutes:
Some are more flattened like the male anal scutes tend to be:
Here are the photos of the concave female plastrons:
I have one girl that has the rounded anal scutes, longer tail and concave plastron:
The males have thickened anal scutes that are flatter than the girls coupled with the deep concavity of the plastron. Here are a few shots of some of our males for comparison:
Allegra
Some are the easily identified rounded scutes:
Some are more flattened like the male anal scutes tend to be:
Here are the photos of the concave female plastrons:
I have one girl that has the rounded anal scutes, longer tail and concave plastron:
The males have thickened anal scutes that are flatter than the girls coupled with the deep concavity of the plastron. Here are a few shots of some of our males for comparison: