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Katrina
at Fri Oct 24 20:17:00 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Katrina ]
Thanks for trying to clarify, but I would still appreciate it if someone would list a website or post a picture of a SLIDER with a concave plastron. Box turltes and tortoises, of course the male has concavity. Even my male eastern mud turtle has a bit of a curve, but the muds are more rounded than the sliders and painteds. If you can instruct me on how to post a picture, I can post one of a very obvious male slider that does not have a curvature to his plastron. Over the years I've seen people say that all males have a concave plastron, but in some aquatics it's not true - can't count the number of people that thought they had a female slider due to this, but actually had a male. Tail is the best way to determine gender in any chelonian, as I've even had some male painteds with short front nails, likely due to previous nutritional and/or husbandry deficiencies.
Katrina
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