How do you tell the sex of a box turtle?

Answer 1

I've loved turtles and terrapins all my life. This is what I've learned, and I hope it helps you... Typically, the girl turtle's shell is flat on the bottom. A boy turtle's shell has a concave (bowl shape)on the bottom. This shape comes in handy when turtles mate, as the bottom of the boy turtle's shell must fit comfortably over the back portion of the girl turtle's shell. So, girls have a flat bottomed shell & boys have a "bowl"(or concave)shape on the bottom.

Answer 2

Box turtle males have an indentation on their plastron (the bottom of their shell). Female box turtles have flat plastrons. Male box turtle tend to have red eyes, while females have yellow or light orange eyes.

Answer 3

Telling the gender of a turtle can be very difficult to do and not always accurate. Working out the gender of a turtle can vary across different species and ages, so it is important to know a bit about your particular turtle before identifying it's gender.

Here are some ways to work out the gender of your turtle:

-In most species (box, red-eared slider, short-neck etc.) the female turtle will be noticeably larger than the male, however you need two turtles of the same age to compare the size differences.

-In a few common species such as the red-eared slider, the male will have longer claws on the front legs for the purpose of mating.

-In older turtles often the easiest way to sex them is to look at their stomachs (the underneath of their body). Females will have convex (slightly protruding outwards) stomachs because they are storing eggs there. Males will have concave (going inward) stomachs.

-In certain types of species you can tell the turtles sex by their eye colour.

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Answer 4

Males:

In-curved belly (plastron)

Longer, thinner tail

Long front claws

Usually smaller and more colorful than the female of the same age.

Females:

Regular claws

Short, wide tails

Flat or outcurved plastrons.

Answer 5

u can tell by how the turtle acts if it is nice and friendly it is a female if it is kind of bossy it is male

Well

there is another way

to tell the sex of a short neck turtle

the females tale is way shorter and thinner but the males is thick and longer and has a bigger cloacel region

Answer 6

you tell by the tails males have long tails females have short tails.

Answer 7

It all depends on what kinds of turtle you have. But males usually are smaller and have longer claws and longer tails. Females are usually bigger and have shorter claws and shorter tails.

Answer 8

a boy has the bottom of the shell in and a girl pokes out