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Old 15-08-2009, 02:59 PM   #1
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Default Sexing Young Horsfields

Here are pictures of a young male and female, courtesy of Kelly
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Old 15-08-2009, 03:15 PM   #2
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Thanks Dan,

I can see the difference in the shape around the tail, its like a little V forming in the male and a softer U in the female.

Thanks Kelly for the pics.
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Old 15-08-2009, 04:04 PM   #3
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Ah - that's great. I think even I would have been able to sex Fred using these pictures.

The description you gave to my post 'Horsfield male or female' about the indentation between the femoral and anal scutes is very obvious when comparing these pictures.

Excellent sticky!
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Old 16-08-2009, 08:15 PM   #4
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can you describe which part is the indentation between the femoral and anul scute? as i cant see which part of its plastron your talking about? thanks

i want to go out and have another look at mine, i normally go by the shape of tail.
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Old 16-08-2009, 08:22 PM   #5
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Hi,

if you have a look at my thread in this section "Horsfield male or female" - it's near the top still. You will see Danny's full description in there.

Oh....... and the anal scute is the one above the tail and the one above near the leg is the femoral scute.

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can you describe which part is the indentation between the femoral and anul scute? as i cant see which part of its plastron your talking about? thanks

i want to go out and have another look at mine, i normally go by the shape of tail.
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My 5 month old Horsfield has the V form...Is this sure sign that I have a male??
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I have compared my Willow to these pictures and am delighted to find he is a boy I hoped he'd be a boy! He has the 'V' shape in his tail! Thanks so much, Dan and Kelly for making this thread and revealing my Willows gender! = ! That means I'm crying with joy! I'm just being soppy now! But thanks again, Dan and Kelly!
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Old 23-02-2010, 09:44 PM   #8
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Looking at these pics my female looks like a male
My baby at a year old also looks male, or it might be me that's not comparing them properly LOL
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Old 06-09-2010, 10:08 AM   #9
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Default Well I still have not a clue

I am so confused i thought I had at least 1 female but now i think I have 2 males Or have I 2 females or have I one of each???? Oh there I go again will have to sort some pics out for you experts
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Default pics didnt work

the pics didnt work ,sorry can anyone help how to down load pics
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