| 21. | Around the edge of the shell are 12 pairs of marginal scutes.
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| 22. | Approximately 42 pairs of scutes ran down the midline of the back.
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| 23. | Small overlapping osteoderms ( bony scutes ) overlay many of the vertebrae.
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| 24. | The authors considered it unlikely these structures were ossified scutes or osteoderms.
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| 25. | Belly consists with 17 to 20and 9 to 13 scutes.
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| 26. | Scutes : The plates made of keratin on top of the upper shell.
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| 27. | The tail and parts of the feet bear scutes.
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| 28. | Water turtles typically shed their scutes as they grow.
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| 29. | Terminal scute with two superposed bi-or tricuspid transverse ridges ."
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| 30. | Terminal scute with a transverse ridge and two points.
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