Title

FIGURE 3 in First description of neonate Batagur trivittata (Testudines: Geoemydidae)

Creators

Thomas R. Rainwater, Tom Yawkey Wildlife Center & Belle W. Baruch Institute of Coastal Ecology and Forest Science, Clemson University
Nathan A. Haislip, Turtle Survival Alliance - Turtle Survival Center
Steven G. Platt, Wildlife Conservation Society - Myanmar Program
Tint Lwin, Wildlife Conservation Society - Myanmar Program
Myo Min Win, Wildlife Conservation Society - Myanmar Program
Kalyar Platt, Turtle Survival Alliance - Myanmar Program
Peter Paul Van Dijk, Turtle Conservancy

Description

FIGURE 3. Plastron of neonate Batagur trivittata showing umbilical scar and prominent keel-like bony ridge extending along the lateral edge from humeral to anal scutes (A). Lateral view of the bony ridge (B). Note the sharp rearward pointing spines on the bony ridge, which become blunt by age three and disappear by age four. The bony ridge recedes with age and is no longer evident by age five. Note also the spine-like posterior-pointing projections on the medial keel of the carapace (Photographed by Myo Min Win).

Publication Date

7-31-2020

Publisher

Zenodo

DOI

10.5281/zenodo.4015095

Document Type

Data Set

Recommended Citation

Rainwater, Thomas R.; Haislip, Nathan A.; Platt, Steven G.; Lwin, Tint; Win, Myo Min; Platt, Kalyar; Van Dijk, Peter Paul (2020), "FIGURE 3 in First description of neonate Batagur trivittata (Testudines: Geoemydidae)", Zenodo, doi: 10.5281/zenodo.4015095

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4015095

Identifier

4015095

Embargo Date

7-31-2020

Version

1