A snake skeleton consists primarily of the skull, vertebrae, and ribs, with only vestigial remnants of the limbs.
Skeleton of a snake at the Natural History Museum
Lateral view of the skull of a Burmese python, with visible kinetic joints labeled. Red = highly mobile, green = slightly mobile, blue = immobile.
An aglyphous snake. A Burmese python skull (Python bivittatus)
An opisthoglyphous snake. A hognose snake skull (Heterodon nasicus)
Snakes are limbless reptiles of the squamate suborder Serpentes. Closely related to lizards and the tuatara, snakes are ectothermic, amniote, air-breathing vertebrates with an elongated rope-Iike body
Snake skeleton
…A snake skeleton consists primarily of the skull, vertebrae, and ribs, with only vestigial remnants of the limbs. The skull of a snake is a very complex…
Trimeresurus sabahi fucatus, Banded pit viper Takua Pa District, Phang nga Province