plastral

Historical Examples

• Variation and relative growth in the plastral scutes of the turtle Kinosternon integrum LeConte.

  The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacn, Mxico

  William E. Duellman

• The external scutellation of the plastral hinge in adults also differs from that in juveniles.

  Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz

  John M. Legler

• The gular scutes, on the anterior edge of the forelobe, become worn long before other plastral laminae do.

  Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz

  John M. Legler

• Siebenrock's synopsis of living trionychids was based entirely on plastral characters.

  North American Recent Soft-shelled Turtles (Family Trionychidae)

  Robert G. Webb

• The pattern of sculpturing on the plastral bones as well as that of the carapace is generally of anastamosing ridges.

  North American Recent Soft-shelled Turtles (Family Trionychidae)

  Robert G. Webb