Is this a female Red Foot Tortoise?

Anyfoot

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I agree! have seen many females with concave plastrons . but they did not have thin pointy tails. like I said, put a Brazilian male near her/him and see what the Brazilian does
Why a Brazilian, the ops looks like a northern to me. My males bob heads with other males and females. They also mount other males as well as females at times. I've also seen both males and females do one clean flick of the head to other torts, I'm assuming this means leave me alone because they've done it to me too, and when flies are irritating them.
 
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MuffinTort

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Thanks everyone for their insightful feedback.
Muffin does have a slightly concave plastron and thicker plate at the tail which made me think male.
The plump tail and high arch scutes made me think female based on this image chart.
I guess there's only one true way to find out; I'll repost and confirm with everyone once I find a male to test this out with. Might take a while.....

Thanks again!
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