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Abstract
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.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Gopherus agassizii (Agassiz’s desert tortoise). scute dysecdysis/scute sloughing |
| Series title | Herpetological Review |
| Volume | 43 |
| Year Published | 2012 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles |
| Contributing office(s) | Western Ecological Research Center |
| Description | 2 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Herpetological Review |
| First page | 473 |
| Last page | 474 |
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