Assertion: snapping turtle's shell | /r/HasProperty | plastron
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text: Whereas the under shell (plastron) is yellow or tan, except in hatchlings, where it is black.
text: The shell covering that covers the belly of the turtle is called the plastron.
text: The lower shell, the plastron, is the part underneath a turtle, and it also has scutes.
text: Its bottom shell (plastron) is small compared to that of other turtle species, leaving the snapping turtle's limbs and neck exposed.
text: In 1900, Wieland described a second species, A. marshii, from remains collected in 1898 by American paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh, to whom the species name refers, on the basis that the shell underside (plastron) was thicker and the humeri were straighter.
text: Snapping turtles can be aggressive and deliver a painful bite if threatened, possibly because their small lower shell (plastron) leaves them vulnerable.
text: The lower shell that encases the belly is called the plastron.
text: The lower shell that encases the belly is called the plastron.
text: The lower shell that encases the belly is called the plastron.
text: The top shell is the carapace, and the bottom shell, also called the underbelly, is the plastron.
text: The most remarkable thing about most turtles is their unique exoskeleton which is composed of an upper shell, the carapace and a lower shell, the plastron.