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Sexual dimorphism

It is relatively easy to differentiate between the sexes in adults and sub-adults. Average body size is smaller in males than in females (about 12%); in males the tail (which conceals the penis) is much longer and the plastron is concave, whereas the plastron is flat in females.

The main morphological differences between sexes