Cardassian Neck Ridges

[BJ Wagner]

Well, they're definitely covered in thick scales, but I also found this:
"I created a row of bony ridges," said Westmore, "that went down the sides of the neck and flared out onto the shoulder tips, giving a strange, menacing appearance, like a praying mantis or a king cobra." (Star Trek: Costumes: Five Decades of Fashion from the Final Frontier, p. 200)
So I think they're meant to be bone?

Sounds that way to me. Good find. Thanks!

 

[Tosk]

Even setting aside the fact that "bony" doesn't necessarily mean something is literally made out of bone ("Get your bony ass out of here!"), it still doesn't mean that they're vertabra.

 

[Marie1]

Even setting aside the fact that "bony" doesn't necessarily mean something is literally made out of bone ("Get your bony ass out of here!"), it still doesn't mean that they're vertabra.

No, but it's as close as I could get. :P
I just thought Westmore might've described it differently if he didn't mean they were bones, though the scales would be deceptively similar if they were mimicking a cobra.