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Photo of the Day #658: American alligator Black caiman skeleton
The skeleton of a black caiman (Melanosuchus niger), photographed at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. [H/T to Thomas Holtz for the correction.]
That is so cool! I think pictures of these animals are not abundant in the web. Under all those scutes they´re pretty average tetrapods after all!
How about that neck flexion?
Wow, I love how they put the scales around the body, almost looks like a shell.
I believe that specimen is a Melanosuchus niger (black caiman), not an Alligator.