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No one, however, had measured it for any tortoise. Enter coauthor Arie van der Meijden of CIBIO, Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources at the University of Porto in Portugal.

Tortoise shell, or rather scales, is a horny substance that covers the hard strong covering of a bony cotexture, which covers the Testudimbricata, Linn.