Solaris..female or male?

[hlester22]

I was told my new redfoot was a female, but I'm not 100% sure about this. So I would like the opinions of some of the experts. I was also told shes a Brazilian. What do you guys think.

Her scl is 7 1/2 in and I have no idea how old she is. Thanks.

 

[wellington]

I have no idea, just giving you a bump, so more will see your post . Beautiful tort by the way.

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

Nice tort.

 

[Jessie]

Beautiful tort you have there. Unfortunately I'm a RT owner and don't know much about Red Foots. It looks to me like a red foot but I could very well be wrong. As for the sex I am no help. Its personally hard for me to tell from the pictures. But here's a bump.

 

[tortadise]

Definitely female and looks like a Guyana. Shea probably about 6 years old. Brazilians have very red heads and marbling on them. Their is a non cherry head Brazilian but they are not that common and would be very expensive. Good looking redfoot. Lots of people offer the Guyana for sale if you choose to get her a mate.

 

[Arizona Sulcata]

Looking to be female to me!

 

[hlester22]

Thanks guys. I appreciate your help.

 

[Madkins007]

Very pretty female northern, probably Guyanan (from the Andes in Venezuela east along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts to Brazil.)

Sex keys:
- Males have REALLY long tails
- Males have noticeably indented plastrons, females are flat or slightly outcurved
- The anal scutes form an angled opening in the back. A 'V' shaped of about 90 degrees is female, a wide open almost straight across is a male
- There is a gap between the points of the anal scutes and the nearby marginals. Narrow gaps tail does not fit through easily is female. Wide gap is male.

Race keys:
- Northerners have mostly pale plastrons, Southerners like Brazilian/cherry-head have mostly dark plastrons
- While Brazilians come in a yellow phase or morph, the popular captive ones are the red phase whih generally have significantly more red on the head
- There are other signs that are more subtle- https://sites.google.com/site/tortoiselibrary/red-foots/red-footed--cherry-head

 

[LeaderLeprechaun]

xD nice female!!!! shes pretty

 

[N2TORTS]

ya gotta girl! ....

 

[hlester22]

Great! Now maybe I'll get lucky and Morla will be a boy. Then 7, 8 years down the road they can breed. Lol

 

[Madkins007]

You know what they say- breed snakes and lizards for fast profit, breed tortoises for fun.

 

[Zik]

Thin scute, round anal scute. It's a female.

 

[Geochelone_Carbonaria]

Hi Northern female !