Re: Mesuring a tortoise

Posted by nathan on February 07, 2002 at 07:11:55:

In Reply to: Re: Mesuring a tortoise posted by K. Ray on February 06, 2002 at 23:06:09:

We used to use the term "SLC" for Straight Line Carapace measurement.

Plop turtle onto a tape measure, view from above (while it's retracted into it's shell). Similar to measuring the plastron, but the plastrons of some species can be rounded, indented, shorter or longer than the carapace.

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: We used to use the term "SLC" for Straight Line Carapace measurement. : Plop turtle onto a tape measure, view from above (while it's retracted into it's shell). Similar to measuring the plastron, but the plastrons of some species can be rounded, indented, shorter or longer than the carapace.

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