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Scales in the central or throat region, which are in contact with the first ventral scales of a snake's body and are flanked by the chin shields, are called gular scales. The mental groove is a longitudinal groove on the underside of the head between the large, paired chin shields and continuing between the smaller gular scales.
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The shape and arrangement of scales is used to identify snake species. The shape and number of scales on the head, back and belly are characteristic to family, genus and species. Scales have a nomenclature analogous to the position on the body. In "advanced" (Caenophidian) snakes, the broad belly scales and rows of dorsal scales correspond to ...
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Keeled scales of a colubrid snake (banded water snake; Nerodia fasciata). In zoology, a scale (Ancient Greek: λεπίς, romanized: lepís; Latin: squāma) is a small rigid plate that grows out of an animal's skin to provide protection.
In snakes, the subcaudal scales are the enlarged plates on the underside of the tail. [1] These scales may be either single or divided (paired) and are preceded by the anal scale . Related scales
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... A line diagram from The Fauna of British India by G. A ... Counting scales determines whether a snake is a male or female, ...
Scales on a snake's head. Frontal scale refers to the scale of a reptile which lies on the top of the head in the region between the eyes. This is analogous to the frontal bone of a human which corresponds to the forehead. [1] Snake scales adjacent to the frontal and to its anterior are called prefrontals.