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How to distinguish male and female maple turtles

2020-12-08 / 1026 Read

Male maple tortoises have short and wide carapace, flat plastron without depression in the center, thin and short tail, thin tail base, and cloaca from the rear edge of plastron Closer, the notch formed by the two anal shields of the plastron is shallower and the angle of the notch is larger.

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Female Maple turtleThe carapace is long and narrow, and the center of the plastron is slightly inward. , the tail is thick and long, the base of the tail is thick, the cloaca is far from the rear edge of the plastron, the notch formed by the two anal shields of the plastron is deep, and the angle of the notch is small.

The adult maple leaf turtle of the same year, the male turtle is thinner and smaller; the female turtle is round, thick and large.