Berlandier’s tortoise

Description

In both the male and female specimens,in the front part of the plastron there is a sort of rostrum,more developed and bifid in males;the latter use it during fights with other males for possession of the female.It is possible to distinguish the male from the female also from a concavity present on the abdominal scutum of the plastron,and that is used during the coupling allowing a better adaptation to the curvature of the carapace.