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    • Box Lid With Painted Reptile Design

    Box Lid With Painted Reptile Design

    This object is on permanent display in the South Florida People & Environments exhibit located in […]

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    • Dwarf Tortoise

    Dwarf Tortoise

    This object is on permanent display in the Florida Fossils: Evolution of Life and Land exhibit, […]

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    • Albert’s Skull
    • Albert’s Skull

    Albert’s Skull

    This object is on permanent display in the Exploring Our World exhibit, located in the “Museum […]

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    • Tuatara
    • Tuatara
    • Tuatara
    • Tuatara

    Tuatara

    This single surviving species of a 200-million-year-old lineage is a very rare relative to lizards and […]

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    • Blunt-snouted Dyrosaurid Skull
    • Blunt-snouted Dyrosaurid Skull
    • Blunt-snouted Dyrosaurid Skull

    Blunt-snouted Dyrosaurid

    This crocodile-like reptile had an unusually short snout, giving it an incredibly powerful bite well adapted […]

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    • Titanoboa Vertebra and Ribs
    • Titanoboa Vertebra and Ribs
    • Titanoboa Vertebra
    • Variety of vertebrae

    Titanoboa

    Titanoboa, discovered by Museum scientists, was the largest snake that ever lived. Estimated up to 50 […]

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    • Cofrin’s Side-necked Turtle
    • Cofrin’s Side-necked Turtle

    Cofrin’s Side-necked Turtle

    This massive fossil is the largest freshwater turtle species found from the Paleocene (66–56 million years […]

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    • Jambato Toads
    • Jambato Toads
    • Jambato Toad
    • Jambato Toad

    Jambato Toad

    The Jambato Toad has been hard-hit by the epidemic spread of the fungus causing the decline […]

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    • Rusty Mud Salamander
    • Rusty Mud Salamander
    • Rusty Mud Salamanders

    Rusty Mud Salamander

    These salamanders were found in a stream on UF’s campus, and used to describe a new […]

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    • Southern Dusky Salamander
    • Southern Dusky Salamander
    • Southern Dusky Salamander

    Southern Dusky Salamander

    The Dusky Salamander was once common in the southeastern United States. In recent years, UF researchers […]

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