Rhineura Skull Anatomy

3D Model

Skull of a Florida worm lizard, Rhineura floridana, with bones colored and labelled to demonstrate skull anatomy.

3D model produced from a CT scan of specimen UF herp 121174 . Digital dissection by Jaimi Gray and Amber Singh using VGStudio Max 3.4. Scene created and and mesh files generated by Jaimi Gray using VGStudio Max 3.4 and Blender 2.80.75.

Anatomy labelled by Jaimi Gray, based on “An Atlas of Amphisbaenian Skull Anatomy” in Biology of the Reptilia, vol. 21, Morphology I, The Skull and Appendicular Locomotor Apparatus of Lepidosauria. (pp.621-738)

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

Background image: Mary Keim, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)