scute

Freshwater turtles typically exhibit a pattern of rapid growth in the warm season followed by a lag during the cold season, producing annual rings (annuli) on individual scutes and shields that comprise the carapace and plastron (Sexton 1959; Gibbons 1967; Germano and Bury 1998).

In dorsal view, the two sulci between the pleural and marginal scutes are apparent.

This turtle has ginkgo-shaped vertebral scutes and a pale white to yellow line across its head behind ears and nickname as "bowtie turtle."

Caimans were released with an individual mark by notching tail scutes indicating release year, so age could be determined if they were recaptured (Larriera et al., 2006; Portelinha et al., 2015).

I'll show them how to draw their fingertips across it, so lightly, ask them if they can barely feel the raised bridge struts between the scutes.

As soon as Hannah could walk, we began logging the miles together, often hand in hand, observing pronghorn in flight, identifying wildflowers and picking up gopher snakes to feel the cool smoothness of their scutes as they writhed around our wrists.

The scutes, or scales that cover lizards are made up of two types of keratin proteins: keratin A and B.

The species is best described by its elongated beak and imbricate scutes on the carapace and plastron, especially during juvenile and subadult life stages.

The shell is composed of individual bony segments, with overlying keratinous plates called scutes. In snapping turtles, the plastron is reduced in size, exposing large fleshy areas around the base of each leg.

The taxon analyzed lacks intergular and inframarginal scutes. The gular scutes are triangular, almost as wide as long (Fig.

We also assessed each turtle shell for the presence of flesh, skin, skeletal remains, and scutes, and whether the shell was bleached, decayed, or otherwise damaged from prolonged multiple-year submersion in pools or from the movement of alluvium.