Segments of the turtle's shell. Types: abdominal, anal, costal, femoral, gular, humeral, marginal, nuchal, pertoral, and vertebral.
In reptiles, a modified (usually enlarged) scale.
An external bony plate forming protection for catfish.
Large dermal keratinous plates (i.e. the bony armor of a sturgeon).
The bony, scale-like structure found in reptiles.
large bony or horny plate as on an armadillo or turtle
An external bony or horny plate, or large scale.
A type of bony armour in the skin of dinosaurs and crocodiles
The skin covering the bones of a turtle's shell form hard scale- like scutes. The scutes add new material as the turtle grows, hence growth lines can be seen in many scutes. Unfortunately such growth lines only provide a crude estimate of the turtle's age because turtles (especially adults) do not grow every year and old growth lines may become faint or completely worn away.
"scale" or "plate" on a tortoise, turtle or terrapin shell, usually clearly outlined by sutures
enlarged scale of a reptile, sometimes called a "shield" or "plate"
any of the scales covering the shell of a turtle
as used, a bony plate, usually hexagonal in shape from a glyptodon carapace.
An extendal bony plate, usually keeled.
A type of scale most common in catfish.
rhymes with boot): plate of bone
a large plate on a turtle
Overlapping bony plate (modified scale) covering its skin, found especially in catfishes.
an enlarged scale on a reptile, such as that found on the belly of snakes
A horny, chitinous, or bony external plate or scale, as on the shell of a turtle or the underside of a snake. Also called scutum.
An external horny or bony plate or scale.
A scute or scutum (Latin scutum, plural: scuta "shield") is a horny, chitinous, or bony external plate or scale, as on the shell of a turtle or the skin of crocodiles. They are similar to scales, but unlike scales, they are derived from the epidermis. The term is also used to describe the scales of some armored mammals, such as the armadillo and the extinct glyptodon, and is occasionally used as an alternative to scales in the case of snakes or certain fishes.
