Table 1.

The length ratios of three interscute sutures in the midline of the Hermann’s tortoise plastron

Measurement	Sex	N	Mean	SD	Significance
FS/PS	Female	17	0.868	0.216	P < 0.01
	Male	23	1.116	0.242
HS/FS	Female	17	2.237	0.451	NS
	Male	23	2.094	0.467

HS: Humeral sture, PS: Pectoral sture, FS: Femoral sture, SD: Standard Deviation, NS: Non-Significant.