Concave of the plastron?

DoodleBopper · 31-03-2009, 11:02 PM

WHat does concave fo the plastron (or whatever it is) mean and what is it?

linda · 01-04-2009, 02:33 AM

linda · 01-04-2009, 02:38 AM

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Originally Posted by DoodleBopper

WHat does concave fo the plastron (or whatever it is) mean and what is it?

DoodleBopper · 01-04-2009, 07:27 AM

Thankyou! I will have a look at the links

31-03-2009, 11:02 PM	#1
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01-04-2009, 07:27 AM	#4
DoodleBopper Member Hatchling Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Norfolk Posts: 717	Thankyou! I will have a look at the links __________________

01-04-2009, 02:33 AM	#2
linda Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: west midlands Posts: 17,134	it is the shape of the lower level the underneath part of the shell the plastron often it is used to try to determine the sex of a tort http://www.chelonia.org/articles/sexingsulcata.htm http://www.chelonia.org/sexing/sexin...xys_spekii.htm http://www.chelonia.org/sexing/sexin...carbonaria.htm http://chestofbooks.com/animals/Manu...-Chelonia.html concave http://www.thefreedictionary.com/concave convex http://www.thefreedictionary.com/convex+definition http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastron

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