Let's play the sexing game again...

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Yvonne G

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This is the young YF I've always thought of as male, now that the tail isn't swollen anymore from the prolapse:

YF-1.jpg


The next three all hatched about 4 years ago. One is considerably larger than the other two, but I imagine they're all the same sex as each other. First the larger one:

YF-2.jpg


Now the other two:

YF3.jpg


Everyone's opinion is welcomed and encouraged. Male?? Female??
 

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I say first one male just by looking at the anal scutes. There is no concavity to the plastron though.

All of the rest are females.

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Oh I do hope you're right! I had my incubator set for females, but I'm always hatching out males! Maybe this time I got it right!!
 

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I think they are all female. Even in pic 1 the tips of the anal scutes point in (cup) and the distance from the anal scutes to the marginals is pretty big
 

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Anal Scute Angle- about 90 degrees, females. Spread out closer to 180 degrees, males. These look female.
Anal Scute Gap- too narrow for the tail to freely pass, female. Broad and open, male. These look female.
Small tails, females.
No indentation in the plastron or waist- females.

I am not as experienced as many of the other keepers, but these look female to me.
 
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