2018-04-062018-04-062010-01FRANZO, Vanessa Sobue; VULCANI, Valcinir Aloísio Scalla. Estudo da fórmula vertebral do jacaré-açu (Melanosuchus niger). Revista Científica Eletrônica de Medicina Veterinária, Garça, v. 8, n. 14, p. 1-8, jan. 2010.e- 1679-7353http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/handle/ri/14380This experiment investigated the vertebral formula of an adult male of jacaré-açu (Melanosuchus niger), belonging of the laboratory of animal anatomy of the Federal University of Tocantins. The vertebrae were chemically macerated and were counted manually by vertebral segment (cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral and caudal), also was measured using a tape measure in millimeters the length of the spine and body length longitudinal of the reptile. It was concluded that the animal has 07 cervical vertebrae as in mammals, 11 thoracic vertebrae, 06 lumbar, 02 sacral, as in other reptiles and caudal spinal segment consists of 26 vertebrae was the greatest and most vertebrae.porAcesso AbertoAnatomiaVértebrasEsqueleto axialRéptilMelanosuchus nigerAnatomyVertebraeAxial skeletonReptileArtigo