Here we are (can you tell our gender?)

[shidiwen]

hi everyone,

been a member here for a while but never did this introduction thing. now here we go - including pics of all our tortoises & turtles.

we have a pair each and we'd really appreciate the help of you guys to find out what exact kind they are (for the water turtles) and also what gender they are (for all of them).

here we go:

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our elongated tortoises:

1:

2:

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our leopards:

3:

4:

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our yellow spotted turtles (?):

5:

6:

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our chinese pond turtles (?):

7:

8:

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our 'no ide what kind they are' turtles:

9:

10:

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we are in china (beijing) btw and have had some of those turtles for quite a while. we have gotten different info on their gender as well as on the water turtles' exactl kind, so if any of you know, please shar the info...

thanks a lot, best regards from beijing!

 

[jeffbens0n]

OK I have guesses on a few. 8 and 9 definitely male. The two leopards look a little to young to sex for sure but right now the anal scutes are looking like male for #3 and female for #4. As for the rest, I don't even want to guess, but some of them look to small to sex for sure as well.

 

[Yvonne G]

Hi Stephan:

Wonderful pictures!! Too bad Egyptian Dan isn't here to help you. He's great with the I.D.s

I'm sure someone will be along to help you.

 

[Torty Mom]

Welcome to TFO You have a nice little herd of torties, I hope someone can help you with the id's!

 

[GBtortoises]

#1 looks like a male, #2 looks like a female (both based on the shape of the anal plastral scutes just in front of the tail) and somewhat on the shape of the tail of each.
#3 & 4-I agree look a bit small (young) to determine yet but to throw a guess out there, I think both may be female. But again, they do appear too small yet to determine for certain.
#5 & 6-Both appear too small to accurately sex yet.
#7 & 8 are Reeve's turtles, (Chinemys reevsi), they can be notoriously hard to sex until over half grown, yours appear to be close, average adult size is usually around 6-7". Males do have a longer, thicker tail when mature and the cloacal opening is farther down the tail, usually past the point where the tail sticks out past the edge of the shell. Males also often have a very slightly indented plastron whereas females are flat. Taking a wild guess, #7 may be a female, #8 is likely a male.
#9 & #10 are Chinese Golden Thread turtles, (Ocadia sinensis), #9 is a definite male, #10 is probably a female.

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

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