How do I know if my turtles are male or female?

Question

I have three turtles, 2 chineese and one is called yellow turtle (dark green with yellow stripes) They live in the same tank but i would like to know if their gender has something to do with the number of spots they've got under their shell. Thanks! I'm desperate because I have them all male names!!

Answer 1

Take them to a vet if it is that important to you. They can tell you and then you can name them appropriately.

Answer 2

1.) You really need to figure out exactly what kinds of turtles you have so you can give them the good care they deserve. There really is not a turtle called either the 'Chinese turtle' or the 'yellow turtle', although there are Chinese box turtles, yellow-belly sliders, and so on.

You can find good photos of many kinds of turtles in the World of Turtles forum at http://www.austinsturtlepage.com They also have good care sheets there.

2.) It is really hard to tell the sex of young turtles, but, once they are big enough, look for:
MALES:
- Longer, thinner tails
- Vents about 1/2 down the tail
- In-curved belly shells (plastrons)

FEMALES:
- Short, wide tails
- Vent near the base of the tail
- Flat or out-curved plastrons

There are other things we can use in some species, such as most sliders have long front claws if they are males.

Answer 3

1. Tails: Male's are longer and thinner, with the vent (cloaca) nearer the end. Females are shorter and wider with the cloaca nearer the base.

2. Plastron: Male plastrons (belly shell) are incurved, females are flat or outcurved.

3. In some pond turtles, the male's foreclaws are longer.

4. In some box turtles, the males have red or orange eyes ot the females duller yellow or brown.

5. In some tortoises, the plastron under the chin is more protusive.

6. In most turtles the males are smaller and often more colorful.

In real life, you cannot tell this on small or young turtles- most of the time they have to be about 4" long to determine.

Points 5 and 6 are tough unless you can average it over several turtles.

Answer 4

You wont be in a position to inform till that is about a three hundred and sixty 5 days previous. the bottom of that is shell will curve quite if that is male, women folk are flat. men actually have a lot longer tails than women folk and likewise have longer claws.

Answer 5

See this website - scroll down the page to "Is My Turtle a Boy or a Girl" for info: http://www.austinsturtlepage.com/Info/info.htm.

Answer 6

Tell them each a joke. If HE laughs, its a male. If SHE laughs, its a female. If neither, then its a rock that resembles a turtle.

Answer 7

Latran is correct on this one.

I always went by the underbelly portion. If it curves inward then it shall be a male, flat or curving outwards it is a female.

Answer 8

type your turtle species in a search engine and then look for a care sheet and they will tell u how to sex them

Answer 9

Give them some neutral names until you can find out.

Answer 10

go here and look at the pictures: http://members.shaw.ca/turtles/sexing.htm