My Eastern Painted, Hieroglyphic River Cooter & Mississippi Map Aquatic Turtles

!±8± My Eastern Painted, Hieroglyphic River Cooter & Mississippi Map Aquatic Turtles

Jack ~ Hieroglyphic River Cooter Clyde ~ Mississippi Map Jasper ~ Eastern Painted Hybrid The CARAPACE is the dorsal, convex part of the shell structure of a turtle, consisting primarily of the animal's broad ribcage. The spine and ribs are fused to bony plates beneath the skin which interlock to form a hard shell. Exterior to the skin the shell is covered by scutes, which are horny plates made of keratin that protect the shell from scrapes and bruises. Turtles can survive surprisingly severe injuries to the carapace, and even deep cracks or missing portions can fill in with bone and heal. The softshell turtles, pig-nose turtle and leatherback sea turtle lack scutes and the bony carapace is covered only by skin. The carapaces of many species of turtles are brightly colored and patterned and allow individuals to identify others of their species at a distance. The scutes of the carapace grow outward in concentric circles similar to the growth rings on a tree as the turtle or tortoise grows. These rings typically correspond to one year of growth and can be used to estimate the age of an individual. The plastron makes up the lower half of a turtle's shell. The PLASTRON is the nearly flat part of the shell structure of a turtle or tortoise, what one would call the belly, similar in composition to the carapace; with an external layer of horny material divided into plates called scutes and an underlying layer of interlocking bones. In certain families there is a hinge between the ...

My Eastern Painted, Hieroglyphic River Cooter & Mississippi Map Aquatic Turtles

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