Supplementary data for "Armored with skin and bone: A combined histological and µCT study of the exceptional integument of the Antsingy leaf chameleon Brookesia perarmata (Angel, 1933)"

This project contains the supplementary µCT-scans of the whole body and a lateral flank integumentary armor of Brookesia perarmata (Angel, 1933) (Squamata: Iguania: Chamaeleonidae) belonging to the following publication:

Schucht P, Rühr PT, Geier B, Glaw F & M LAmbertz (2020): Armored with skin and bone: A combined histological and µCT study of the exceptional integument of the Antsingy leaf chameleon Brookesia perarmata (Angel, 1933). Journal of Morphology. doi: 10.1002/jmor.21135.

Whole body scan:

specimen: ZSM 17/2006, Zoologische Staatssammlung München

machine: phoenix nanotom m (GE Measurement & Control)

scan settings:

tube voltage = 110 kV

ube current = 70 μA

target = tungsten

no filter

total sample rotation = 360°

angular step size = 0.24°

exposure time = 750 ms

binning = 1

averaging = 4

voxel size = 37.8 μm

filename: Schucht_B_perarmata_whole.tif

Lateral flank integumentary armor scan:

specimen: ZSM 862/2000, Zoologische Staatssammlung München

machine: Skyscan 1272 device (Bruker microCT)

scan settings:

tube voltage = 70 kV

ube current = 142 μA

target = tungsten

filter = Al 0.5 mm

total sample rotation = 180°

angular step size = 0.19°

exposure time = 1925 ms

binning = 2x2

averaging = 8

random movement = 15

voxel size = 4.4 μm

filename: Schucht_B_perarmata_osteoderm.tif