Hemisus guineensis - diceCT frog

3D Model

Diffusible iodine contrast enhanced CT scan of the ‘Guinea snout-burrower’, Hemisus guineensis (Hemisotidae), from the Herpetology collections of the California Academy of Sciences (CAS-herp-258533; MorphoSource identifier: ark:/87602/m4/M63349). Snout-vent length = 32.39mm.

Scanned by Dr Edward Stanley (University of Florida). The musculoskeletal system of the pelvis and hindlimb has been segmented and exported as 3D meshes in VGStudio Max (version 3.4) by Dr Alice Leavey (University College London). These meshes were further edited in Blender (version 3.5) by Dr Leavey to create this 3D model.

The hex codes used to colour each muscle can be found here (https://tinyurl.com/frog-muscle-hex-codes). More details for the anatomical labels, including the sources for each description of muscle function, can be found in the associated study: Leavey et al., 2024, Journal of Anatomy. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joa.14122