turtles and sexing

[robin]

ok maybe not sexing but do turtles have hemipenes too?

 

[G & M Geckos]

Robin, CHeck this out it might help.

http://www.bio.davidson.edu/Courses/anphys/2000/Pleasants/reprexe.htm

 

[Grinning Geckos]

From what I know, males usually have long tails ... maybe they have the hemipenes there? My overall knowledge of turtles is about this big ---> ( )!

 

[GrimmyX15]

only way to tell is their nails. Short nails is females and males have long claw. :]

 

[BGalloway]

I thought you looked for a dent in the plastron, flat belly=girl indentation=boy.
Shanti's right about the long tail thing, but I think you'd need a male and a female so you could compare tail lengths?
A quick google search said no hemipenes.

 

[Baoh]

They have a penis and sexing varies significantly from species to species, although certain taxonomic subgroups are often somewhat alike across species. Do not rely on plastral concavity versus convexity alone. There are many exceptional individuals.

Male sliders, painteds, maps, and some others have longer foreclaws (usually, but not always), and their females are often larger, but not always. Most of the other turtle species do not exhibit elongated foreclaws because fanning is not a part of every species' courtship ritual.

What type of turtle are you asking about?

 

[goReptiles]

Sexing will vary pet tortoise/turtle. Generally males will have much longer tails.