Ball Python (Python regius) snake brain illustration

3D model of the Ball Python snake brain highlighting the anatomy and the spatial arrangement of its major subdivisions.

The brain reconstruction was obtained from a microCT scan of a iodine-stained specimen through manual segmentation using the software Amira 5.5.0.

Other illustrations can be found here.

If you are interested in reptile brain evolution and behavior, please, have a look to our recent publication:

"Comparative analysis of squamate brains unveils multi-level variation in cerebellar architecture associated with locomotor specialization"

Simone Macrì, Yoland Savriama, Imran Khan & Nicolas Di-Poï

Nature Communications 10, 5560 (2019)

Check out also our *4K* video collection of various snake and lizard 3D brains:

Snake and Lizard brain reconstructions video collection

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