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 TESTUDINES

Sea Turtle - dorsal view	Snapping Turtle - dorsal view
Sea Turtle - anterior view	Snapping Turtle - anterior view
Sea Turtle - lateral view	Snapping Turtle - lateral view
Sea Turtle - ventral view	Snapping Turtle - ventral view
Sea Turtle - posterior view	Snapping Turtle - posterior view, you can locate the thin rods of the columella bones in this view.
Sea turtle skull - posterior view to show part of the slender, broken columella traveling along part of the quadrate.	Sea turtle skull upside down & looking deep along quadrate & then towards otic region to see more of the columella.
Pond turtle - note hyoid or hyobranchial apparatus in throat.	Snapping turtle - lateral view of thin rod of the columella surrounded by quadrate.
Sea Turtle - dorsal view of the lower jaws	Snapping Turtle - dorsal view of the lower jaws
Ventral views of lower jaws of both sea turtle & snapping turtle.	Medial views of the lower jaws of both sea turtle & snapping turtle.

Alligator - lateral view of skull	Alligator - dorsal view of skull
Alligator - posterior view	Alligator - ventral view
Alligator showing quadrate & thin rod of part of the columella (ear ossicle).	Alligator - dorsal view of lower jaws
Alligator - lateral view of labeled lower jaw	Alligator - medial view of labeled lower jaw

Varanid - dorsal view	Boa - dorsal view
Varanid - lateral view	Boa - lateral view
Varanid - ventral view	Boa - ventral view
Varanid - posterior view	Boa - lower jaws
Varanid - lower jaws 1	Rattlesnake - dorsal view
Varanid - lower jaws 2	Rattlesnake - lateral view

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