Sex of a turtle

Question
How do you tell the sex of a turtle

Answer
Depends on the kind of turtle. Some basic rules are:

1. You can't tell most turtles until they are a couple years old.

2. Most males have in-curved bellies, females have flat or out-curved bellies.

3. Most males have longer, thinner tails with the vent near the middle. Females have short wide tails with the vent near the base of the tail.

In some species you can tell by other ways:
- In most turtles, the male is smaller and more colorful than the female, unless the males fight for females.
- In most slider and other pond turtles, the males have long front claws.
- In some box turtles, the males have bright colored eyes, usually red or orange.