A plastron is a piece of equipment that a fencer wears to help protect him. This goes around the fencer's chest.
It only applies to male turtles. They have a concave down bottom shell to make mating easier.
The plastron is the part of the shell that is on the belly of the turtle. The higher domed part is called the carapace.
The shell of a turtle (arapace is the dorsal shell, plastron is the ventral shell)
A carapace is a dorsal (upper) section of the exoskeleton or shell in a number of animal groups, including arthropods such as crustaceans and arachnids as well as vertebrates such as turtles and tortoises. In turtles and tortoises, the underside is called the plastron.
The Plastron - is another name for the underside of the shell !
The shell of a turtle (arapace is the dorsal shell, plastron is the ventral shell)
2
plastron
The Plastron - is another name for the underside of the shell !
The plastron is the part of the shell that faces the ground; it is the part protecting the turtle's abdomen. In the case of a yellow-bellied turtle such as a slider or cooter (as a hobbyist, I've had 2 MS yellow-bellied cooters in my life and I think they're great turtles), the plastron is in fact its yellow belly. Hope it helps.
The plastron is the part of the shell that faces the ground; it is the part protecting the turtle's abdomen. In the case of a yellow-bellied turtle such as a slider or cooter (as a hobbyist, I've had 2 MS yellow-bellied cooters in my life and I think they're great turtles), the plastron is in fact its yellow belly. Hope it helps.
plastron
The turtle's underbelly in scientific terms is called a plastron.
A xiphiplastron is the posterior, or fourth lateral plate in the plastron of a turtle.
More or less. They are merged with the carapace and plastron.
There are some tell tale signs for male turtles...longer tails, longer claws on the front legs and an upwardly curving Plastron (the part of the shell on the underside of the turtle). These are all characteristics that help the male "cling" to the female during mating.There are a number of things you can check, but most require comparing a male to a female and then you can see which is which. The one way that doesn't require that is to look at the bony plate covering the belly, which is called the plastron. On females, the plastron curves outwards (it's convex). On males, the plastron is curved inwards (it's concave). If you turn over a turtle, be careful and do that slowly, or you can injure them.