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Sea Turtle Glossary

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Scute

A horny or keritanized plate that is part of the shell of a turtle. The number and particular grouping of carapace scutes can be used to distinguish the different species of sea turtle.

See also: carapace

WWW References:

• Sea turtle scute fossils
• Green turtle with living tag on carapace scute

Citations:

• Pritchard, P. C. H. 1996. Evolution, phylogeny and current status. - In: Lutz, P. L. and Musick, J. A. (eds.), The biology of sea turtles. CRC Press, pp. 1-28.

Entered by: Brendan Godley
Modified by: Matthew Godfrey, Michael Coyne,
Entered: 2004-12-13 16:57:42
Last modified: 2007-05-17 09:43:19