Bell's Hingeback Tortoise, Kinixys belliana

This is a picture of a male and female hingeback, the male on your left as you view the screen:

Note how the male has a slight "waistline" compared to the more rounded female.

Here is a closer view of the tail areas, male on bottom:

Note how the male's tail reaches all the way to his hind legs, and is very thick, compared to the short, stumpy tail of the female.

Here's a top view of two females and one male, male on the right:

Here's a male trying to mate with a female, who would rather be eating her mango!

The enclosure has grass, Opuntia cactus, and wild plantain(genusHeliconius)

Closeup of male hingeback:

Side view of female hingeback:

Side view of another female hingeback:

Note how different her shape is compared to the one above; this one's more "egg-shaped" while the previous one has a more "blocky" appearance. Both have a slightly convex plastron, as opposed to the indented, or concave, plastron of the male.

Another side view of the male hingeback:

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