Veiled Chameleon Skull Anatomy
Skull of a southern leaf tailed gecko, Chamaeleo calyptratus, with bones colored and labelled to demonstrate skull anatomy. Digital dissection and scene by Jaimi Gray. 3D model produced from a CT scan of a Florida Museum of Natural History specimen (UF herp 191369). Segmentation and mesh files generated using 3D Slicer. Meshes further edited and animation produced in Blender. Anatomy follows Evans, Susan E. (2008) “The skull of lizards and Tuatara" in Biology of the Reptilia, Volume 20, Morphology H (Gans, Gaunt and Adler). Scanning funded by the oVert TCN project at the University of Florida (NSF DBI-1701714) https://tinyurl.com/oVertwiki. Image: Internet Archive Book Images, No restrictions, via Wikimedia Commons.