BOY or GIRL?? Chelus fimbriatus

[ivgonmad]

I think its a boy cuz of the concave plastron but the tail says girl to me.... What do you guys think?

 

[EricIvins]

They all have concave plastrons, including Females.......Give that animal about 6" more, and you'll be able to tell for sure.........At 10" you can usually tell, but there are a few that hold out untill 12" or so.......

 

[GOAT13]

I say male. The tall seems to only come into in some types of turtles/ torts. I dont know much about this type of turtle tho so Im just going off of what I normally see in sexy!
But with it being that concaved I would say male.

 

[ivgonmad]

They all have concave plastrons, including Females.......Give that animal about 6" more, and you'll be able to tell for sure.........At 10" you can usually tell, but there are a few that hold out untill 12" or so.......

Darn, If you had to make a guess what would you guess Eric?

 

[EricIvins]

Darn, If you had to make a guess what would you guess Eric?

I wouldn't guess.....It causes too many problems down the road......I'd call in un-sexed untill it hit 10-12" then you'd know for sure......

 

[snakeguy101]

I think it is a girl. I'm sure enough to name it but I would not go and buy a mate for it yet. If it is a female, you are lucky, there seem to be a lot less of them than males.