Assertion: box turtle's plastron | /r/HasProperty | lower shell
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text: The common box turtle (Terrapene carolina) gets its common name from the structure of its shell which consists of a high domed carapace (upper shell), and large, hinged plastron (lower shell) which allows the turtle to close the shell, sealing its vulnerable head and limbs safely within an impregnable box.
text: Box turtles have three parts: the carapace (upper part of the shell), the plastron (lower part of the shell), and the scutes (the horny plates making up the surface of a turtle’s shell).
text: Male box turtles generally have bright red eyes, a slightly concave plastron (lower-shell), sharply-hooked rear toenails, and their vent lies closer to the end of the tail, beyond the caudal margin of the carapace (upper-shell).
text: You can also look at the plastron, the lower portion of the shell.
text: When threatened, three-toed box turtles pull their heads and limbs inside their hinged shells, which clamp shut so tightly that you can’t even pass a blade of grass between the carapace (upper shell) and plastron (lower shell).
text: Highly domed carapace (upper shell) and a hinged plastron (lower shell).
text: The plastron (lower shell) is hingeless, with a pattern of cream and black blotches.
text: Plastron (lower shell) is hinged towards the front third of the shell allowing the front and back to close tight.
text: The plastron (the lower shell) is black and yellow.
text: Box turtle has high domed carapace (upper part of the shell) and hinged plastron (lower part of the shell) which allows almost complete closure of the shell.
text: Like all box turtles, it has a highly domed carapace (the upper part of the shell) and a plastron (the lower part of the shell that protects the turtle’s undersides) that is hinged.