🦎 Bony plates beneath their skin make emerald alligator lizards look and feel like alligators, but the two aren't closely related and are found in different habitats. Alligators live in water 🌊,
![Turtle top shell showing bony plates, scutes, and two scutes moved to the side | Turtle, Marine turtle, Turtle top Turtle top shell showing bony plates, scutes, and two scutes moved to the side | Turtle, Marine turtle, Turtle top](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/43/59/c8/4359c85afbb162ef6613ea309e9bf226.jpg)
Turtle top shell showing bony plates, scutes, and two scutes moved to the side | Turtle, Marine turtle, Turtle top
![Differences in Size, Shape of Bony Plates Offer Way to Tell Male, Female Stegosaurs Apart | Sci.News Differences in Size, Shape of Bony Plates Offer Way to Tell Male, Female Stegosaurs Apart | Sci.News](https://cdn.sci.news/images/2015/04/image_2725-Stegosaurus-mjosi.jpg)
Differences in Size, Shape of Bony Plates Offer Way to Tell Male, Female Stegosaurs Apart | Sci.News
![Encyclopaedia Britannica on Twitter: "Dino of the day: Stegosaurus This species stands out by the large bony plates on its back. But paleontologists have been puzzled by their purpose. According to one Encyclopaedia Britannica on Twitter: "Dino of the day: Stegosaurus This species stands out by the large bony plates on its back. But paleontologists have been puzzled by their purpose. According to one](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DgE773kWsAEn48I.jpg)
Encyclopaedia Britannica on Twitter: "Dino of the day: Stegosaurus This species stands out by the large bony plates on its back. But paleontologists have been puzzled by their purpose. According to one
![American Alligator Anatomy Profile Showing Scales and Scutes on the Hide Stock Photo - Image of hide, covered: 201100144 American Alligator Anatomy Profile Showing Scales and Scutes on the Hide Stock Photo - Image of hide, covered: 201100144](https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/american-alligator-s-body-hide-covered-watertight-scales-alligators-have-bony-plates-inside-skin-called-osteoderms-201100144.jpg)