Cultivation of turtles requires selection of couple one look - a female and a male. But often sex determination of a turtle presents some difficulties as they have no pronounced sexual differences. However there are some signs on which you will be able to define a sex of an overland turtle.
Instruction
1. If attentively to look narrowly at a tail of a turtle, then it is possible to define a sex on its signs. At males it usually long and narrow, and on the end is available a peculiar outgrowth which in the form reminds a claw. The foul place of males has the form of a longitudinal strip. Females have a tail wide and short. On its end there is no outgrowth in the form of a claw, and the foul place reminds an asterisk rather.
2. Quite often define turtles on spurs sex. The male of the Central Asian overland turtle has one horn hillock which is on the hip back. Females have not less than three such hillocks on the hip.
3. Exist as well etiologic signs of sex determination overland skulls. This method is based on knowledge of all features of behavior of males of turtles during the marriage period. Between males marriage tournaments during which they pursue each other begin, trying to turn the rival on an armor. Strike blows with a first line of the armor and all the time try to bite the rival.
4. The size is also of particular importance, you should not think that the male has to be more female (as it is considered to be). Actually, in this case, everything is differently: adult females much more, than adult males overland skulls.
5. Turn a turtle and well consider a plastron (belly party of an armor). Males have a pronounced concave plastron, by means of such form it is easier for male to keep on corps of a female during pairing. Females have a plastron of more flat form.
6. Pick up a turtle and consider pads. Claws of males are much longer, than at female turtles. But in this case it is necessary to have several turtles that was with what to compare.