Reptile Skulls For Herpetology
Reptile skull replicas focus on the diverse cranial architecture of extant lizards, snakes, and crocodilians. This collection highlights the anatomical kineticism and osteological variations found in species ranging from the komodo dragon to the king cobra. These 1:1 scale models aid herpetology research by providing a durable way to inspect quadrate bone movement and specialized fangs. Every cast in this category originates from ethically sourced specimens found in private collections and research archives.
These reptile skull replicas offer a professional look at the evolution of diapsid skull openings for zoological and comparative anatomy study. The 2-part design features a separate cranium and mandible to demonstrate the complex strike mechanics of these predators. Each specimen remains sturdy for frequent handling during veterinary training or university lectures. We prioritize keeping every fine skeletal landmark visible for museum-quality displays and advanced scientific work. These detailed reproductions provide a high-resolution view of reptilian biology across hundreds of different species.
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Aerosaurus Therapsida Skeleton Plaque Replica
$399.00Aerosaurus Therapsida has been recognized as a basal member of the Synapsida, a clade that ultimately produced mammals. Relative to the skull, the body was much larger and the ribs…
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Aldabra Giant Tortoise Skull Replica
$166.00Historically, giant tortoises were found on many of the western Indian Ocean islands, as well as Madagascar, and the fossil record indicates giant tortoises once occurred on every continent and…
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Alligator Osteoderm Replica
$14.00Like other Crocodilians, Alligators have an armor of bony scutes. The dermal bones are highly vascularized and aid in calcium balance, both to neutralize acids while the animal cannot breathe…
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Alligator Snapping Turtle Skull Replica
$197.00Research suggests that M.temminckii thermoregulates by altering its depth in the water column, because this species is rarely seen basking.
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American Alligator Skull Replica
$665.00The American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis), sometimes referred to colloquially as a gator or common alligator, is a large crocodilian reptile native to the Southeastern United States and a small section…
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American Alligator Teaching Skull Replica
$212.00Examine the intricate bone textures of Alligator mississippiensis with this hands-on teaching tool. This 12-inch replica provides a practical alternative to fragile natural specimens for classroom demonstrations. Students can study…
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American Crocodile Skull Replica
$696.00Discover the apex predator of the Neotropics with this scientifically accurate Crocodylus acutus model. This specimen highlights the unique cranial structure that allows these reptiles to remain concealed while patrolling…
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American Crocodile Teaching Skull Replica
$367.00Its snout is elongated and includes a strong pair of jaws. The snout is longer and narrower than that of the American alligator, but broader on average than that of…
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Asian Water Monitor Skull Replica
$151.00The Asian water monitor has an elongated snout, powerful jaws, serrated teeth, and head scales larger than those on its back.
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Black Caiman Skull Replica
$696.00Professional-grade osteological reproduction of the Amazon’s dominant predator. This high-fidelity Melanosuchus niger model offers researchers and educators an anatomical study of specialized cranial features, including the expanded orbital cavities and…
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Broad-Snouted Caiman Skull Replica
$212.00Perfect for herpetological research and hands-on laboratory study, this polyurethane resin caiman skull provides a durable, touchable alternative to fragile original specimens. An ideal model for teaching reptilian evolution and…
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Northern Caiman Lizard Skull Replica
$212.00The genus Dracaena, also called Caiman Lizards or water tegus, is in the teiid family, along with tegus and ameivas. Caiman Lizards are found in South America in Ecuador, Colombia,…
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Chinese Alligator Skull Replica
$210.00Its head is robust, more so than that of the American alligator, with a bony septum dividing its nostrils. The skull is an anatomical biololgy study replica.
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Common Snapping Turtle Skull Replica
$55.00In the northern part of their range common snapping turtles do not breathe for more than six months because ice covers their hibernating site.
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Cosgriffius Skull Replica
$70.00Cosgriffius is an extinct genus of trematosaurian temnospondyl within the family Trematosauridae. It was described by Samuel P. Welles based on a single partial skull from the well-known Meteor Crater…
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Cretaceous Sea Turtle Disarticulated Skeleton Replica
$14,895.00Protostega Sea Turtle is an extinct genus of sea turtle containing a single species, Protostega gigas. Its fossil remains have been found in the Smoky Hill Chalk formation of western…
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Cretaceous Sea Turtle Skeleton Replica
Price range: $16,600.00 through $19,900.00Protostega Sea Turtle is an extinct genus of sea turtle containing a single species, Protostega gigas. Its fossil remains have been found in the Smoky Hill Chalk formation of western…
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Desert Tortoise Skull Replica
$66.00Tortoises show very strong site fidelity, and have well-established home ranges where they know where their food, water, and mineral resources are.
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Dicynodon grimbeeki Skull Replica
$25.00Roughly half of all Permian vertebrate specimens found in South Africa are those of Diictodon.
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Dicynodont Grimbeeki Skull Replicas
$40.00Diictodont is an extinct genus of pylaecephalid dicynodont that lived during the Late Permian period, approximately 255 million years ago. Fossils have been found in the Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone of…
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Dimetrodon limbatus Skull Replica
Price range: $1,500.00 through $1,620.00Single openings in the skull behind each eye, known as temporal fenestrae, and other skull features distinguish Dimetrodon and true mammals from most of the earliest sauropsids.
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Dwarf Caiman Skull Replica
$212.00Cuvier’s Dwarf Caimans are mainly nocturnal. Adults feed on fish, amphibians, small mammals, birds, crabs, shrimp, molluscs, insects, and other invertebrates. Juveniles consume crustaceans, tadpoles, frogs, snails, as well as…
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Dwarf Crocodile Skull Replica
$212.00As a result of its small size and heightened vulnerability to predation, the Dwarf Crocodile has a heavily armored neck, back, and tail and also has osteoderms on its belly…
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Eocyclotosaurus appetolatus Skull Replica
$139.00Eocyclotosaurus is an extinct genus of mastodonsauroid temnospondyl from the Middle Triassic. It is characterized as a capitosauroid with a long and slender snout, closed otic fenestra, and small orbits….
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False Gharial Crocodile Skull Replica
$362.00The false gharial’s splenial bone is long and slender, forming a distinctive “V” shape in the lower jaw not seen in true gharials.
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False gharial Large Crocodile Skull Replica
$681.00The false gharial features an extremely long, narrow snout and, with skulls up to 84 cm long, it is among the largest living crocodilians.
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Gaboon Viper Skull Replica
$190.00The Gaboon Viper Snake (Bitis gabonica), also called the Gaboon adder, is a viper species found in the rainforests and savannas of sub-Saharan Africa. It is the largest member of…
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Galapagos Land Iguana Skull
$212.00The Galápagos Land Iguana (Conolophus subcristatus) is a very large lizard in the family Iguanidae. It is endemic to the Galápagos Islands of Fernandina, Isabela, Santa Cruz, North Seymour, Baltra,…
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Galápagos Tortoise Skull Replica
$151.00The Galápagos Tortoise or Galápagos Giant Tortoise (Chelonoidis niger) is a very large species of tortoise in the genus Chelonoidis. It is the largest living species of tortoise, with some…
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Ganges Gavial Skull Replica
$681.00The Ganges Gharial is well adapted to hunting fish because of its sharp interlocking teeth and long narrow snout, which meets little resistance in the water and swallows it whole….
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Giganotosaurus Skull Profile Plaque
$23.00Length estimates for the Giganotosaurus carolinii have varied between 39 and 43 ft., with a skull between 5.0 and 5.9 ft. long, a femur (thigh bone) between 4.48 and 4.69…
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Gila Monster Male Skull Replica
$130.00The Gila Monster is a venomous lizard native to the Southwestern United States and the northwestern Mexican state of Sonora. It is a heavy, slow-moving reptile, up to 22 in….
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Gorgonopsial Skull Plaque Replica
$120.00Gorgonopsia is an extinct clade of sabre-toothed therapsids from the Middle to Upper Permian roughly 265 to 252 million years ago. They are characterised by a long and narrow skull.
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Green Iguana Skull Replica
$139.00The Green Iguana (Iguana iguana), also known as the American iguana or the common green iguana, is a large, arboreal, mostly herbivorous species of lizard of the genus Iguana. Usually,…
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Green Sea Turtle Skull Replica
$175.00The Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas), also known as the green turtle, black (sea) turtle or Pacific green turtle, is a species of large sea turtle of the family Cheloniidae….
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Hawksbill Sea Turtle Skull Replica
$115.00The Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) is a critically endangered sea turtle belonging to the family Cheloniidae. Their global distribution is limited to tropical and subtropical marine & estuary ecosystems.
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Ichthyosaur Skeleton Panel Replica
$1,740.00The demand by collectors led to more intense commercial digging activities. In the early nineteenth century, this resulted in the discovery of more complete skeletons. In 1804, Edward Donovan at…
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Ichthyosaur Skeleton Plaque Replica
$50.00Ichthyosauria (Ancient Greek for fish lizard) is an order of large extinct marine reptiles sometimes referred to as “ichthyosaurs,” although the term is also used for wider clades that the…
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Komodo Dragon Claw Replica
$12.00Komodo Dragon skin is reinforced by armored scales, that contain osteoderms that function as a natural chain-mail. The only areas lacking osteoderms on the head are around the eyes, nostrils,…
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Komodo Dragon Female Disarticulated Skeleton Replica
$3,000.00Its saliva is often blood-tinged since its teeth are mostly covered by gingival tissue that naturally are lacerated while the large animal is feeding.
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Komodo Dragon Female Mounted Skeleton Replica
$4,200.00Its saliva is often blood-tinged since its teeth are mostly covered by gingival tissue that naturally are lacerated while the large animal is feeding.
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Komodo Dragon Female Skull Replica
$242.00Its saliva is often blood-tinged since its teeth are mostly covered by gingival tissue that naturally are lacerated while the large animal is feeding.
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Komodo Dragon Male Skull
$311.00Its saliva is often blood-tinged since its teeth are mostly covered by gingival tissue that naturally are lacerated while the large animal is feeding.
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Leatherback Turtle Skeleton Replica
$7,900.00The Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), also called the lute turtle, leathery turtle or simply the luth, is the largest of all living turtles and the heaviest non-crocodilian reptile, reaching…
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Leatherback Turtle Skull Replica
$190.00The Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), sometimes called the lute turtle, leathery turtle or simply the luth, is the largest of all living turtles and the heaviest non-crocodilian reptile, reaching…
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Loggerhead Turtle Skull Replica
$197.00The Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) is a species of oceanic turtle distributed throughout the world. It is a marine reptile, belonging to the family Cheloniidae. The average loggerhead measures…
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Matamata Turtle Skull Replica
$136.00The Mata mata, Mata-mata, or Matamata (Chelus fimbriata) is a South America species of freshwater turtle found in the Amazon basin and river system of the Eastern Guianas. Some authorities…
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Mesosaur Skeleton Plaque
$65.00A characteristic of Mesosaur was the length of the tail and the amount of caudal vertebrae. There were about 60-64 caudal vertebrae, which is very predictable for an aquatic predator…
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Miocene Leatherback Turtle Skull Replica
$303.00Psephophorus is an extinct genus of Sea Turtle that lived from the Oligocene to the Pliocene. Its remains have been found in Europe, Africa, North America, and New Zealand.
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Mugger Crocodile Skull Model
$241.00The Mugger Crocodile (Crocodylus palustris ) is a crocodile of medium to large size with the broadest snout of all the living members of the genus Crocodylus. It lives in…
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Nanosaurus Rex Skull Profile
$20.00Nanosaurus or Nanosaurus agilis is known from material from all parts of the body, including two good skeletons, although the skull is still poorly known. It was a small animal,…
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Nile Crocodile Skull Replica
$363.00The skull features a medium-width snout, roughly 1.6 to 2.0 times as long as it is broad.
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Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Skull Replica
$175.00The Olive Ridley Sea Turtle carapace is flattened dorsally and highest anterior to the bridge. It has a medium-sized, broad head that appears triangular from above. The head’s concave sides…
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Pareiasaurus Adult Skeleton Replica
$1,300.00The skull is broad and the snout short. It’s skull had several spine and wart like protrusions. Deltavjatia vjatkensis had leaf-shaped teeth, ideal for biting through tough plant fibers, indicate…
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Pareiasaurus Adult Skull Cast
$262.00The skull is broad and the snout short. It’s skull had several spine and wart like protrusions. Deltavjatia vjatkensis had leaf-shaped teeth, ideal for biting through tough plant fibers, indicate…
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Pareiasaurus Adult Skull Profile
$193.00The skull is broad and the snout short. It’s skull had several spine and wart like protrusions. Deltavjatia vjatkensis had leaf-shaped teeth, ideal for biting through tough plant fibers, indicate…
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Pareiasaurus Juvenile Skeleton Disarticulated Replica
$1,054.00Pareiasaurus is an extinct genus of pareiasauromorph reptile from the Permian period. It was a typical member of its family, the pareiasaurids, which take their name from this genus.
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Pareiasaurus Juvenile Skull Replica
$262.00Pareiasaurus is an extinct genus of pareiasauromorph reptile from the Permian period. It was a typical member of its family, the pareiasaurids, which take their name from this genus.
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Plesiosaurus Disarticulated Skeleton Replica
$72,000.00Plesiosaurus is a genus of extinct, large marine sauropterygian reptile that lived during the Early Jurassic. It is known by nearly complete skeletons from the Lias of England. It is…
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Plesiosaurus Skeleton Mounted Replica
$84,000.00More than 100 valid species are now known, as 21st-century finds expand our grasp of their anatomy and lifestyle increased.
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Plesiosaurus Skull Replica
Price range: $1,379.00 through $1,579.00More than 100 valid species are now known, as 21st-century finds expand our grasp of their anatomy and lifestyle increased.
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Pond Turtle Skull Replica
$45.00The range of the Western Pond Turtle extends from the Puget Sound lowlands in Washington through western Oregon and California, south to Baja California. This aquatic turtle lives in streams,…
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Protostega Gigas Turtle Skull Replica
$1,200.00Protostegidae is a family of extinct marine turtles that lived during the Cretaceous period. The family includes some of the largest sea turtles that ever existed. They had flattened bodies…
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Pterodactylus Kochi Skeleton Plaque Replica
$30.00Fossil remains of Pterodactylus or Ornithocephalus antiquus have primarily been found in the Solnhofen limestone of Bavaria, Germany, which dates back to the Late Jurassic period (early Tithonian stage), about…
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Pterosaur Diving Model Replica
$400.00Pterosaurs or Tropeognathus mesembrinus or “wing lizard” were flying reptiles of the extinct clade or order Pterosauria. They existed during most of the Mesozoic.
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Reticulated Python Skull Replica
$151.00They have a specialized supraorbital bone. This element is between the prefrontal and postfrontal bones, providing support to the top their eye socket.
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Rhinoceros Iguana Skull Replica
$212.00The Rhinoceros Iguana (Cyclura cornuta) is an endangered species of iguana that is endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola and its surrounding islands. A large lizard, they vary in…
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Saltwater Crocodile Skull
$726.00The Saltwater Crocodile, also known as Saltie, Estuarine or Indo-Pacific Crocodile, is the largest of all living reptiles, as well as the largest terrestrial predator in the world. Due to…
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West African Slender-Snouted Crocodile Skull Replica
$360.00This species is distinguished from other African crocodiles by a snout that completely lacks any bony ridges.
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Smooth Fronted Caiman Skull
$212.00The Smooth Fronted Caiman (Paleosuchus trigonatus) is a small to medium-sized crocodilian species native to the Amazon rainforest and other freshwater habitats in South America.
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Stylemys nebracensis Skull Replica
$66.00Stylemys is the first fossil genus of dry land tortoise belonging to the order Testudines discovered in the United States. The genus lived in temperate to subtropical areas of North…
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Trionyx Turtle Skeleton Replica
$975.00Trionyx is a genus of softshell turtles belonging to the family Trionychidae. In the past many species in the family were classified in this genus, but today T. triunguis, the…
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Trionyx Turtle Skull Replica
$86.00Trionyx is a genus of softshell turtles belonging to the family Trionychidae. In the past many species in the family were classified in this genus, but today T. triunguis, the…
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Tuatara Sphenodon punctatus Skull
$106.00Tuatara have two rows of teeth in the upper jaw overlapping one row on the lower jaw. They are able to hear, although no external ear is present, and have…
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Turtle Front Claw Replica
$21.00Front claw fluttering behavior isn’t exclusive to seasoned adult male turtles. Youthful turtles or Chelonia mydas will occasionally shake their claws around as wooing behaviors. Until turtles are mature, claw…
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Vigilius wellesi Skull Replica
$83.00Vigilius is an extinct genus of brachyopid temnospondyl amphibian from the Triassic of Arizona. It is known from the single type species Vigilius wellesi.
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Western Diamondback Rattlesnake Skull Replica
$121.00The Western Diamondback Rattlesnake has long, tubular fangs, which are characteristic of venomous snakes. Its tail is circled by several alternating black and white bands. The snake has a “rattle”…