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We have attempted in the following articles as an addition to our "Breeding and Incubation" pages to provide graphically intensive visual aids to help you in determining the sex of your turtle or tortoise. This information is important to know even for those not intending to breed their animals. A habitat that would be considered acceptable for two females may not be large enough for a pair and a habitat large enough for a pair may not be large enough for two males. The sexual makeup of groups of animals also has a direct relation to the amount of stress through aggression or mating attempts being experienced by some of the members of the group regardless of habitat size. This stress can have an impact on the overall health of an animal or group as a whole.
Sexing:
Differentiating Male and Female Carettochelys insculpta (Fly River Turtle) - Chris Tabaka DVM
Differentiating Male and Female Chersina angulata (Bowsprit Tortoise) - Chris Tabaka, DVM
Differentiating Male and Female Chrysemys picta (Painted Turtle) - Darrell Senneke
Differentiating Male and Female Cistoclemmys (Cuora) flavomarginata (Chinese box turtle) - Chris Tabaka, DVM and Sharon Chancellor, MT
Differentiating Male and Female Clemmys guttata (Spotted Turtles) - Chris Tabaka DVM
Differentiating Male and Female Cuora amboinensis (Malayan Box Turtle) - Chris Tabaka DVM
Differentiating Male and Female Cuora galbinifrons (Flowerback box turtle) - Chris Tabaka DVM and Sharon E. Chancellor, MT
Differentiating Male and Female Cuora pani (Pan’s Box Turtle) - Chris Tabaka DVM
Differentiating Male and Female Elseya Species - Darrell Senneke and Scott Thomson
Differentiating male and female Emydura Species - Jan Matiaska - from our Partner site Carettochelys.com (will open in new window)
Differentiating Male and Female Geochelone carbonaria (Red-foot tortoise) - Darrell Senneke
Differentiating Male and Female Geochelone chilensis (Chaco tortoise) - Chris Tabaka DVM
Differentiating Male and Female Geochelone elegans (Indian Star Tortoise) - Chris Tabaka DVM
Differentiating Male and Female Geochelone platynota (Burmese Star Tortoise) - Chris Tabaka, DVM
Differentiating Male and Female African Spurred Tortoises - Geochelone sulcata - Ken Carlsen and Darrell Senneke
Differentiating Male and Female Geoemyda spengleri (Black Breasted Leaf Turtle) - Chris Tabaka, DVM
Differentiating Male and Female Glyptemys (aka. Clemmys) muhlenbergii (Bog Turtle) - Chris Tabaka, DVM
Differentiating Male and Female Indotestudo elongata (Elongated Tortoise) - Darrell Senneke
Differentiating Male and Female Indotestudo forstenii (Forsten’s tortoise) - Chris Tabaka DVM
Differentiating Male and Female Kinixys erosa (Forest Hingeback tortoise) - Sharon Chancellor
Differentiating Male and Female Kinixys spekii (Speck’s hingeback tortoise) - Chris Tabaka DVM
Differentiating Male and Female Lissemys punctata (Indian Flapshell Turtle) - Chris Tabaka DVM
Differentiating Male and Female Manouria impressa (Impressed Tortoise) - Pat Ruby and Chris Tabaka DVM
Differentiating Male and Female Pyxis planicauda (Flat-tailed Tortoise) - Chris Tabaka DVM
Differentiating Male and Female Staurotypus salvinii (Pacific Coast Giant Musk Turtle) - Sharon Chancellor MT
Differentiating Male and Female Terrapene coahuila (Coahuilan Box Turtle) - Chris Tabaka DVM
Differentiating Male and Female Testudo graeca (Greek tortoise) - Darrell Senneke
Differentiating Male and Female Testudo hermanni (Hermann's Tortoise) - Darrell Senneke
Differentiating Male and Female Testudo horsfieldii (Russian tortoise) - Chris Tabaka DVM
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