Mark MacEwen / American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) close up of scutes / scales, Florida Everglades, Florida, USA.
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Zankl / Newly hatched Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) with its front flippers pressed tight to the marginal scutes of its carapace to avoid predation, Dalyan Delta, Turkey, August 2009
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Steven David Miller / Close up of the scutes, or scales of a Perentie (Varanus giganteus), Alice Springs Reptile Centre, Northern Territory, Australia, Captive. May.
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Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch / American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) back showing scutes, Florida
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Ingo Arndt / American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) detail of skin on tail which provides protection and aids in thermoregulation, dark skin absorbs heat and the bony plates called scutes work like sun co...
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Ingo Arndt / American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) detail of skin on back which provides protection and aids in thermoregulation, dark skin absorbs heat and the bony plates called scutes work like sun co...
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Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch / American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) detail of skin on back which provides protection and aids in thermoregulation, dark skin absorbs heat and the bony plates called scutes work like sun co...
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Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch / American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) detail of skin on back which provides protection and aids in thermoregulation, dark skin absorbs heat and the bony plates called scutes work like sun co...
