But this hard substance could have been a bony carapace, like those that covered some prehistoric animals, and I might have left it at that and classified this monster among such amphibious reptiles as turtles or alligators.
Mais ce corps dur pouvait être une carapace osseuse, semblable à celle des animaux antédiluviens, et j'en serais quitte pour classer le monstre parmi les reptiles amphibies, tels que les tortues ou les alligators.