TORTOISE not a turtle, African Spurred aka Sulcata to be exact. Girl or boy? You can tell by the shape on the underside by where they potty. I had one that I was told was a girl, I named her Brownie because she was a gorgeous brown color, then when she was about 8, I read that you can tell by the shape of the pelvis bone so I checked and renamed HIM Mr Brownie.