Gopher Tortoise Skeleton

3D Model

Skeleton of a gopher tortoise, Gopherus polyphemus (UF herp 182476), with colored\labelled elements and bisected/transpoarent carapace to show skeletal anatomy inside.

Model by Jaimi Gray (oVert Team). Segmentation performed and meshes generated using VGStudio Max 3.4, meshes further edited using Blender 2.92.0.

Model is part of the study “The first full body diffusible iodine-based contrast-enhanced computed tomography dataset and teaching materials for a member of the Testudines” published in the Anatomical Record: https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ar.25282

Modelling funded by the oVert TCN project at the University of Florida (NSF DBI-1701714) https://tinyurl.com/oVertwiki.