Well, everyone is correct,as no one knows what causes this. All the siblings had normal Carapace scutes. I will say that in 20 years of hatching these,this is the first one I've ever seen where the centrals are missing altogether and the costals exstending over the top of the shell. I was hoping it would at least get people on here talking but I guess the tortoise forum is a thing of the past. Se ya no where no one. Civ

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