red-eared slider

Also if you can see the tail, females have shorter tails than males and their cloacal vent is closer to the shell than males. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/100... If you look on this posting you will see the tail is just a little stub compared to the body on this big female red ear slider.

bandhturtlesite and Emma, thanks for the information about the turtle's claws

http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/912...
Anna,goody did a few markings to show me the claws of a male.

Well with Trachemys scripta elegans it is easy to tell the sex of the turtle. First Females get a good deal larger than males do. Also females have short fore claws and males have long overgrown fore claws. Most basking turtles sexes can be distinguished by looking for these signs.

Thanks bandhturtlesite! How can you determine the sex? There were quite a few turtles in this pond.

Thats a big female Red Ear Slider!