The bottom shell (or plastron) of this box turtle had evidently been severely cracked, but grew back together. Box turtles are pretty tough – they have been known to live 70 years.
Scarred Plastron
Notes from the Hollow
Direct from the Ozark Hills
The bottom shell (or plastron) of this box turtle had evidently been severely cracked, but grew back together. Box turtles are pretty tough – they have been known to live 70 years.