How can you tell between a male red ear side turtle and a female ear side turtle?

Question

How can you tell between a male red ear side turtle and a female ear side turtle?

Answer 1

well females get bigger then males

and the mails have longer nails and a longer tail as for the female they have short stubby ones

Answer 2

If you have small ones, you can't. Once they become sexually mature, the front claws of the males become much longer than the rear claws. If you have any doubt about which are longer, you don't have a mature male.

Answer 3

Total Body length: 5-8" average, up to 12 inches max. Life span: 15-25+ years

Males have the longer front nails and are used in mating. And are considered mature at about 5 yrs old. You can’t start sexing till about  3” across.

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