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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 lepidopterans (butterflies and moths), scales are plates on the surface of the insect wing, and provide ...
The ocular scale proper is a transparent scale covering the eye which is called the spectacle, brille or eyecap. [ 9 ] [ 23 ] The circumorbital scales towards the snout or the front are called preocular scales, those towards the rear are called postocular scales, and those towards the upper or dorsal side are called supraocular scales.
While reptile scales use a sophisticated naming system (see figures), there has been a certain confusion because of synonymous names. For instance, the ventral scales are often called ventrals but gastrosteges is common in the older literature. In more recent publications they are often abbreviated as VSR (for ventral scale rows) or simply V. [4]
The physical appearance of a pangolin is marked by large, hardened, overlapping, plate-like scales, which are soft on newborn pangolins, but harden as the animal matures. [26] They are made of keratin , the same material from which human fingernails and tetrapod claws are made, and are structurally and compositionally very different from the ...
Ryan said an animal’s weight is vital information that can reveal whether creatures are healthy, and even which are pregnant. “We have critically endangered animals here,” she said.
Komodo dragon skin is reinforced by armoured scales, which contain tiny bones called osteoderms that function as a sort of natural chain-mail. [ 30 ] [ 31 ] The only areas lacking osteoderms on the head of the adult Komodo dragon are around the eyes, nostrils, mouth margins, and parietal eye , a light-sensing organ on the top of the head.
Season 9 of Queer Eye dropped on Dec. 11 and in the new episodes, the Fab Five transform John van der Put a.k.a. America's Got Talent alum Piff the Magic Dragon. Here, van der Put opens up to ...
Xenodermus javanicus has a distinct head and long tail. The body is slender and compressed. The total length is about 50 cm (20 in). [6] [7] Males can be distinguished from females by examining the overall size, tail thickness, tail length, and cloacal vent for the presence of a hemipenial bulge: Females will be larger than males; have thinner, shorter tails, and lack a hemipenial bulge.