Everything about Scutes totally explained
A
scute or
scutum (
Latin scutum, plural:
scuta "
shield") is a horny,
chitinous, or bony external plate or scale, as on the shell of a
turtle, the skin of
crocodiles, or the feet of some
birds. They are similar to
scales, but unlike the scales of fish, they're derived from the
epidermis. The term is also used to describe the scales of some armored
mammals, such as the
armadillo and the extinct
glyptodon, and is occasionally used as an alternative to scales in describing
snakes or certain fishes, such as
sturgeons.
The turtle's scutes in the
carapace are the nuchal scute, neural or vertebral or central scute, marginal scute, and pygal or supracaudal scute. Those in the
plastron are the epiplastron, entoplastron, hyoplastron, and hypoplastron.
Scutes are also a type of
osteoderm.
The term "scutum" is also used in
insect anatomy, as an alternative name for the anterior portion of the
mesonotum (and, technically, the
metanotum, though rarely applied in that context).
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