1, look at the tail: through the tail can distinguish the flower tortoise is male or female. The tail of the male turtle looks long and thin, and the root of the tail is close to the cloaca, while the female turtle, on the contrary, has a thick and short tail, and the root of the tail is far from the cloaca.
2. Look at the shape of the plastron: the plastron concave inside is the male tortoise, the female tortoise plastron looks flat, touch the tortoise in reverse, the plastron is radian. In addition, the notch of the two anal shields in the plastron of the male tortoise is shallow to the touch, and the angle of the notch looks larger. The notch of the two anal shields in the plastron of the female tortoise is deeper and the angle of the notch is smaller.
3. Look at the plastron pattern: the male tortoise has sparse plastron patterns, and the female tortoise has dense plastron patterns.
4. Look at the carapace: The male tortoise has a wide and short carapace, and the female tortoise has a narrow and long carapace. There are two main ways to
1. Abdominal spot: Turn the tortoise over and let it face the sky on all fours. You can see a circle of patterns on the abdominal spot. Some patterns are a circle, some do not have a circle, a circle represents a year old turtle, there are several circles is a few years old.
2. Carapace on the back: It is also known as the 13-piece hexagonal method to judge the age. There are also circles on the carapace of the flower turtle. A few circles are a few years old. The turtle with more circles is older.
