Tortoise skeleton

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Lateral view of a tortoise (order Testudines) skeleton. This is the endoskeleton, or inner skeleton, that makes up the structural frame of the animal. Not shown is the bony shell or exoskeleton that protects the soft interior organs. Tortoises are land-dwelling reptiles.

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Photo credit: © DIRK WIERSMA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: -, anatomical, anatomy, animal, background, biological, biology, blue, bone, bones, endoskeleton, fauna, interior, lateral, profile, reptile, side, skeleton, structural, structure, testudines, tortoise, view, zoological, zoology