Reptile Skeletons & Skulls

[Pareeeee]

Thought this would be cool to share.

*Photos are not mine and are from various sources.

Western Diamondback Rattlesnake skeleton and skull (Crotalus atrox)
http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6125/5945979141_c1f7218ff1_o.jpg
http://www.biolib.cz/IMG/GAL/38089.jpg

Ball Python skeleton and skull (Python regius)
http://www.bristol.ac.uk/university/media/centenary/cabinet/python.jpg
http://www.ansp.org/~/media/Images/ans/explore/online-exhibits/stories/ball_python_510.ashx
Hognose Skull (Heterodon nasicus)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/Heterodon_nasicus_skull.jpg


Burmese Python Skull (Python molurus)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/Python_skull.jpg

King Cobra skull (Ophiophagus hannah)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/Ophiophagus_hannah_skull.jpg

Veiled Chameleon
http://images.tribe.net/tribe/upload/photo/3ee/bd8/3eebd817-e3e1-4dc0-8fae-53ae97d2e590

[Pareeeee]

Bearded Dragon skull (Pogona vitticeps)
http://digimorph.org/specimens/Pogona_vitticeps/specimen.jpg

Frilled Dragon skeleton and skull (Chlamydosaurus kingii)
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b182/civicgrl88/lizard%20forum%20stuff/dscn0059at.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b182/civicgrl88/lizard%20forum%20stuff/dscn0027v.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b182/civicgrl88/lizard%20forum%20stuff/s12s.jpg

White-Throated Monitor skull (Varanus albigularis)
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1_7RDopvL3Q/TfMp5Wj1eiI/AAAAAAAAF6U/WmYWg5rKZeY/s640/White-throated+monitor+skull+lateral5.jpg

[smy_749]

Cool idea for a thread. I'll add a few of my favorites.

Varanus salvadorii/Crocodile monitor
http://www.reptilechannel.com/images/care-sheets/croc-monitor-skull-500.jpg

Gharial

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/Gavial_Skeleton_.jpg

Heloderma (beaded or gila, not an expert so not sure)
http://www.skullsunlimited.com/userfiles/image/category3_family_152_large.jpg

[Chris72]

Frilled Dragon skeleton and skull (Chlamydosaurus kingii)

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b182/civicgrl88/lizard%20forum%20stuff/dscn0059at.jpg



Frilled Dragons scream "Jurassic Park"....even without tissue.

Very cool Paris, thanks for sharing. :)

[DragonsEye]

These are VERY cool!


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v41/obeah/Smileys/Christmas%20smileys/greenornament_zpse3a9b85a.gif (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/obeah/media/Smileys/Christmas%20smileys/greenornament_zpse3a9b85a.gif.html)

[sweatshirt]

Awesome :D

[guyabano]

Nice. Thanks for putting this together!

[Mellik's mamma]

so pretty!!! i am obsessed with skeletons!! and i have already decided that this is what mellik will become when/if she ever passes. she may live forever like i suspect....

[Wyldrose]

Very cool! Some of those must have been quite the task to put together!

[Terranaut]

Those are awesome. Thanks for posting this.

[Sharlynn93]

thanks for these pics :) I tried to explain to hubby about the jaws being independently hinged (he couldn't fathom how her jaws would hang unevenly after eating until she straightened them) and I showed him these pics...cleared things up for him...

[alessia55]

Pretty awesome. The frilled dragon one is so cool.

[parabolgravity]

komodo dragon skeleton courtesy of bone clones:

http://www.nitropie.com/images/sc-027_web-lg.jpg

komodo dragon skull courtesy of connecticut valley biological:

http://www.connecticutvalleybiological.com/images/sp2027.jpg

gaboon viper skull courtesy of grant museum of zoology:

http://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/museums/files/2013/03/Gaboon_Viper_Skull-X717-2.jpg

another gabby, no credit listed:

http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/1856mxdzi4se3jpg/original.jpg

[Chris72]

A close up of the Gaboon weaponry. ( tissue necrosis in 3, 2, 1,..... )

[ilovemysnake]

i would love to be able to get my hands on one for display.

[Chris72]

i would love to be able to get my hands on one for display.


Bone clones. (Mounted)

Already had this pic so not sure on price.

[kelzerman]

This is absolutely awesome. Coolest thing I have seen in awhile. Awesome post!!

[Pareeeee]

Enjoying the additions to my post. The Gaboon has some crazy fangs.

[MizCandice]

Whooh those Gaboon skulls are scccaaarryyy!

[kelzerman]

Bone clones. (Mounted)

Already had this pic so not sure on price.




$195 ;) I looked at the site because I now want this. Actually I am thinking of purchasing the python skull.

[MuseumQuest]

'm studying monitors for my MS thesis. Love them, always have. I'm looking at their bones and wishing I was in Australia. I've visited a few museum collections, including a few of the monster ones and still cant find some species. Have you any pictures of the skulls/skeletons of the species I'm looking for or know where to find them?

Any leads will be WAY appreciated.




Varanus wishlist:
keithhornei
yuwonoi
jobiensis
mitchelli
timorensis
scalaris
glebopalma
pilbarensis
brevicauda
kingorum
primordius
storri
melinus
biviittatus
togianus
cumingi
nebulosus
panoptes
rosenbergi
giganteus
mertensi
spenceri
baritji

Anguidae:
Elgaria panamintina
Ophisaurus koelliken
Sauresia agasensoides
Wetmorena haetiana
Annielle geronemensis

[jpsteele80]

Very interesting, I thought the gila head was the most interesting, never thought the whole skull would be bumpy