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Drake, K. K., Medica, P. A., Esque, T. C., & Nussear, K. E. (2012). Gopherus agassizii(agassiz’s desert tortoise) scute dysecdysis/scute sloughing. Herpetological Review, 43, 473–474.
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| Resource type: Journal Article BibTeX citation key: Drake2012a View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: Gopherus agassizii, Habitat - habitat, Morphologie - morphology, Nordamerika - North America, Schildkröten - turtles + tortoises, Testudinidae, Veterinärmedizin - veterinary medicine Creators: Drake, Esque, Medica, Nussear Collection: Herpetological Review |
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Testudinidae Gopherus agassizii Desert tortoises with scute injuries due to fire or disease related processes can result in loss of the scute. These animals appear to function normally, and can replace the scute material with a keratinized layer that covers the bone. This paper describes a tortoise with severe scute loss from a wildfire in 2005, and an animal that lost its scute for unknown reasons. Both animals appeared to be healthy in all other aspects, and lived for many years afterward.
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