Skulls

[peter5930]

I found this collection of pictures of caudate skulls (and some pics of spines), and thought I'd share it.

classdat.appstate.edu - /AAS/BIO/vandevenderr/Herplab/Lab4/

I'd like to have a go at amphibian taxidermy. I've offered to preserve any dead specimens and give them to a researcher at the Institute of Zoology in London for scientific study and/or conversation pieces, and I'm trying to figure out how to get some denatured ethanol that would be suitable for pickling them (methylated spirits contains methyl violet, which I think would dye the specimens). There's an authorisation process for getting it, and I'll have to contact Revenue and Customs about it.

The skulls give a view of the dentition and of bony tooth-like projections deep inside the mouth that aren't obvious from examining animals that still have their flesh.

Aneides lugubris teeth (pseudo-teeth?) on lower jaw:

http://classdat.appstate.edu/AAS/BI...neides lugubris Male 77 SVL RWV 1697 (4)e.jpg

Amphiuma skull and lower jaw:

http://classdat.appstate.edu/AAS/BI...midae/Amphiuma means male 323 SVL 2009 1e.jpg

http://classdat.appstate.edu/AAS/BI...midae/Amphiuma means male 323 SVL 2009 2e.jpg

http://classdat.appstate.edu/AAS/BI...midae/Amphiuma means male 323 SVL 2009 3e.jpg

http://classdat.appstate.edu/AAS/BI...midae/Amphiuma means male 323 SVL 2009 4e.jpg

http://classdat.appstate.edu/AAS/BI...midae/Amphiuma means male 323 SVL 2009 5e.jpg

http://classdat.appstate.edu/AAS/BI...midae/Amphiuma means male 323 SVL 2009 6e.jpg

Salamandra salamandra skull, showing it's tiny teeth:

http://classdat.appstate.edu/AAS/BI...ae/Salamandra salamandra APPSU 16874 (4)e.jpg

Complex dentition in Necturus maculosus:

http://classdat.appstate.edu/AAS/BI...eidae/Necturus maculosus ASU 6939 2009 1e.jpg

http://classdat.appstate.edu/AAS/BI...eidae/Necturus maculosus ASU 6939 2009 2e.jpg

http://classdat.appstate.edu/AAS/BI...eidae/Necturus maculosus ASU 6939 2009 3e.jpg

http://classdat.appstate.edu/AAS/BI...eidae/Necturus maculosus ASU 6939 2009 4e.jpg

http://classdat.appstate.edu/AAS/BI...eidae/Necturus maculosus ASU 6939 2009 5e.jpg

Plenthodon yonahlossee:

http://classdat.appstate.edu/AAS/BI...yonahlossee female 67 SVL APPSU 1945 (2)e.jpg

http://classdat.appstate.edu/AAS/BI...yonahlossee female 67 SVL APPSU 1945 (3)e.jpg

Caecilians

Dermophis mexicanus

http://classdat.appstate.edu/AAS/BI...lls/Dermophis mexicanus ASU 22593 2009 1e.jpg

http://classdat.appstate.edu/AAS/BI...lls/Dermophis mexicanus ASU 22593 2009 2e.jpg

http://classdat.appstate.edu/AAS/BI...lls/Dermophis mexicanus ASU 22593 2009 3e.jpg

http://classdat.appstate.edu/AAS/BI...lls/Dermophis mexicanus ASU 22593 2009 4e.jpg

Gymnopis multiplicata:

http://classdat.appstate.edu/AAS/BI...s/Gymnopis multiplicata ASU 17442 2009 1e.jpg

http://classdat.appstate.edu/AAS/BI...s/Gymnopis multiplicata ASU 17442 2009 2e.jpg

http://classdat.appstate.edu/AAS/BI...s/Gymnopis multiplicata ASU 17442 2009 3e.jpg