This picture shows the first cuts in opening up the flank of the chameleon. In this case, the person performing the necropsy wanted to view the area between the rib cage and the skin to expose the subcutaneous nematodes he could see from the outside. To accomplish this he cut only the skin and not the rib cage. To expose the internal organs the rib cage must be cut.
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