very graphic BTS disected,interesting,not on full tummy though

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I hope this works,page 2 is a shingle back fully dissembled. View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message Helikaon
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Location: qld Australia Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 1:05 am Post subject: Post mortem pics - (Graphic) we had a stomr in my area the other ngiht and we had a bit of flash flooding at 1 am, luckily i was awake but my lizards pits got flooded, one of the blueys in the pit died the next day due to aspiration pneumonia i did the post mortem and have some pics, it was one from my breeding project so wasnt happy when i see it was gravid,

atleast it didnt have any worms.
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Location: Sydney, Australia Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 2:05 am Post subject: Wow amazing pic! Thanks for sharing and sorry for your loss

especially seeing as she was gravid.
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Location: Orygun Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 2:54 am Post subject: I've never seen a BTS picture quite like that -- that's amazing. If you took more, I'd love to add them to the anatomy section when it's done...
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Location: qld Australia Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 3:28 am Post subject: sorry only took one other photo, which was the same shot. i didnt take any more cause i was to distracted trying to find what killed it, if you like i can get more detailed shots of the next one i do, over the whole process i separate the different systems. eg. digestive, respiratory, reproductive. so yeah i will try to remember to take a more photos next time.
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Location: Northern Victoria Australia Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 3:31 am Post subject: eewww looks like ones I find on the road.

Sorry about losing the babies.

BTW where ya been?
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Location: qld Australia Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 3:38 am Post subject: ive been in the land of work.

so yeah between working 6 days a week and the 50 something reptiles which are laying eggs and the likes, and the hand rearing of baby parrots i havnt had a whole lot of time.

how ya been anyways?
hows those alpines going for ya?

my girl friend wants some more alpines she looking for high coloured ones, and im moving soon and will have a heap of outdoor pits. not long now.

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Location: Sydney, Australia Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 4:34 am Post subject: Are those red 'bubbles' (sorry, couldn't think of another thing to call them) that look like cherries the babies?
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Location: qld Australia Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 5:02 am Post subject: yep they are.


and Zac, i just searched my comp and i have some photos of a Shingle Back post mortem would you like me to post them.

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Location: Australia Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 7:26 am Post subject: that was some storm we got hail & rain but no where near as much as you guys .
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Location: qld Australia Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 8:09 am Post subject: she couldnt have been very far into the gestation period at all, technically after the ova have moved down the falopian tubes and have been fertilized they become embryos.
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Location: Buffalo, NY Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 11:08 am Post subject: Amazing picture... really interesting.

I'm so sorry for your loss. But thanks for taking the time to share the pic with us! I'd love to see pix of the systems next time.
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Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 11:39 am Post subject: Sorry for the loss of your skink mate, was it one of the nearly patternless ?

The pic is very interresting.
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Location: Alberta, Canada Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 11:53 am Post subject: Nice to see you back on here, but really sorry for the loss.

Great picture though.

And yeah - was that one of the patternless? Its a shame nonetheless.

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Location: Manitoba, Canada Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 3:19 pm Post subject: I'm sorry for your loss, it really bites the big one.

That photo is absolutely amazing, seeing how a skink is built in hand-drawn photos is nothing like being able to look at the systems themselves. Please post any other photos.

How many bubs was she set to have?
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Location: Vermont, USA Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 6:07 pm Post subject: Oh poor girl.

Such a shame you lost her. The picture is

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Location: qld Australia Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 7:05 pm Post subject: thanks everyone, i forgot how nice everyone on here was.

and it was a reduced pattern one but not one of the juvis that were the most special, her babies would have been interesting though as the father was very nice.

ok so i'll post a few pics, up.
History:
this Shingle back lizard died of what i believe was septicemia, the post mortme showed nothign significant

anyways here goes i will chat though these photos explaining what ever i rememeber.

the initial incisions

these guys have very tough skin as you can imagine to give you a better representative of this

this is the first complete view. this is where you stop and examine how everything looks and ask yourself a few questions......., is it the right colouring, is it in the right place, is their anything obviously wrong, bruising, stuff like that.

now i have removed the rib cage for easier viewing and access. notice how large the right lung is in this species, they a re almost the missing link between lizards and snakes. they do have 2 lung but due to their body shape the right becomes more prominent.

this photo depicts the inside of the mouth, you can see the blue tongue and the epiglottis.

the full system removed. tongue to anus in this you can begin to see the left lung and see that it is more developed then you would think from teh first photos. in a snake the left lung is barely there.

this is the digestive system showing the stomach on the left to the rectum on the right. i have removed the oesophagus in this photo, no internal parasites were found.

this is a picture of the liver and heart, not very focused i appologise for this picture.

inside of the heart

and lastly it was a male

i did not take photos of the kidneys or testicles, and im not sure why but i do remember that everythign was pretty normal

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[reptech]

awwwwww

 

[dzb912]

ew, i just ate a buncha fish for dinner
and now its not sittin well

 

[ExoticEctotherms]

Fascinating!!!! Thanks for sharing and I am sorry for your loss. They are definitely cool lizards.

 

[jason longboard]

Fascinating!!!! Thanks for sharing and I am sorry for your loss. They are definitely cool lizards.

Its not mine doh doh bird.lol.just wanted to share from one of my other sites.

 

[andyjs]

Those are some cool pics, I've never done a reptile dissection before...

 

[Jfitz]

i feel bad for the flood and loss of the skink, interesting though
btw does anyone else here find it cool when animals are like turned into a skeleton model? at my school we have a bird skeleton and i always thought a reptile one would be cool

 

[Jfitz]

likes this, pretty interesting, its a veiled

 

[sncboom]

That is very interesting.