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RE: cause of extra scute on shell....

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Posted by: misternadav at Mon May 5 10:24:57 2008  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by misternadav ]  
   

My red-eared slider has an extra scute as well. I think it's probably just one of those typical asymmetries that we vertibrates sometimes have, like how the hair on one side of your head might naturally grow faster than on the other, etc.

   

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