how to tell the difference of the terrapin which is male or female?

Answer 1

Male adult terrapins are smaller than the female and have long claws on their front flippers. The females are much largere and the rear openng on the shell is larger than the males to pass the eggs. The females tail is shorter and fatter than the males, the male uses the longer tail to inseminate the female.
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Answer 2

The main things to look for are:

Males have in-curved bellies (plastrons), female's are out-curved.

Male tails are longer and thinner than female's, and the vent opening in the male's tail is in the middle while the female's is near the base.

In some other species, we can use other characteristics-
- Some box turtles- males have brighter colored eyes
- Sliders and some other pond turtles- males have very long foreclaws
- Many tortoises- females have a wider gap between the plastron and carapace (back shell)
- In many species, males are smaller and more colorful- but this is often hard to gauge.

Note that almost NONE of these show up until the turtle is reaching sexual maturity- in many pond turtles, about 4" long.

Answer 3

I learn was told that iIn certain species of tortoises, terrapins and turtles the sex can be told by whether the plastron (under shell) is concave it is a male. If the plastron is convex it is a female.

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Answer 4

you can only tell once it is 4 in if it has longer claws it is a male also if it has a fat tail. Another thing is that if its bottom part of the shell is convexed then it is a male.

Answer 5

Look on shell on bottom back. If there is a long thin section, it is male. If it is wide, half the width of the shell it is female.