General Care Discussion :: Split scutes = Female turtle

[jozzep]

Well..........You learn something new everyday, and i thought i'd share my knowledge with other members. Maybe you already knew this, maybe you didn't.
If you have a turtle with split scutes (most pastels,color morphs, or just regular turtles) it is 90% accurate to say that you have a female turtle. This usually happens when you have high incubation temps, and we all know that high temps generate "mostly" females, but split scutes is a tell tale sign.

[rsour24]

didnt know that, nice

[papoopeepoo]

good point, joe. the other portion of occurrences are products of genetics.

[worldpeace]

Sorry for the noob question, but what do you mean by split scutes?

[jozzep]

Sorry for the noob question, but what do you mean by split scutes?

This is what i mean by split scutes

Notice the zig-zag pattern on this turtles carapace


And the 2 extra scutes on the rear of this one

[gwennie]

Wow. Didn't know that ^^ Thanks for the post and the pics

[Moose]

me neither! thats awesome, and the zigzag scutes are intriguing