Assertion: box turtle's plastron | /r/HasProperty | flat
Facets:
value: almost completely
type: DEGREE
value: in females
type: LOCATION
value: relatively
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: The plastron of females is relatively flat.
text: Female’s plastron is flat, while males it is concave so the male can fit over the back-end of the female’s carapace during mating ritual.
text: The female’s plastron is flat.
text: The plastron on both the male and female is flat.
text: The plastron is flat in females and whereas concave in males.
text: Males have a depression in the rear part of the plastron (the bottom part of the shell), while the plastron on a female is almost completely flat.
text: The male has a concave plastron (underside) so that he can conform better to the shape of the female’s shell as he mounts her, whereas the plastron of the females is flat.
text: While the female's plastron is flat, it is concave in males so the male may fit over the back end of the female's carapace during mating.
text: On the other hand, a female box turtle has a flat plastron, brown eyes, and a vent near the tail’s base.
text: Male ornate box turtles usually have a slightly concave plastron and possess red irises, and female ornate box turtles have a flat plastron with brown or yellow irises.