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The following figure shows in A, is a bridge right Sulcata and B the left, you can see the big differences shields in A the bridge has not grown at the same pace as in B, with consequent deformations.

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Lesiones ulcerativas cutáneas en tortugas dulceacuícolas, (cutaneous ulcerative lesions in freshwater turtles) de J. L. Granados, O. G. Moreno2, C. I. Brieva
http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/remevez/article/view/37893/40143