In reptiles, the supralabial scales, also called upper-labials, are those scales that border the mouth opening along the upper jaw. They do not include...
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differentiate species from one another. Supralabial scales Rostral scale Mental scale Labial scales Snake scales Anatomical terms of location Wikimedia...
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temporal scales are located on the side of the head between the parietal scales and the supralabial scales, and behind the postocular scales. There are...
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King brown snake (section Scalation)
divided), and a divided anal scale. The temporolabial scale and last (sixth) supralabial scale (both above the snake's mouth) are fused in the eastern...
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Strap-snouted brown snake (section Scalation)
226 ventral scales, 47 to 63 divided subcaudal scales, and a divided anal scale. Its mouth is lined with six (rarely five) supralabial scales above and...
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males/females, 70–75/54–59 subcaudal scales in males/females, and 7–12 supralabial scales. Their color patterns are often found to be green or a blue-green...
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Boa imperator (section Scalation)
imperator has 55–79 dorsal scales, 225–253 ventral scales, 47–69 subcaudal scales, 18–22 supralabial scales and 1–2 anal scales. Boa imperator is commonly...
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longitudinal dorsal scale rows 11 supralabial scales 2 rows of infralabial scales (5 scales in 1st row, 6 scales in 2nd row) The preauricular scales are granular...
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number of prefoveal scales varies between two and eight. Usually, the first supralabial scale is in broad contact with the prenasal scale, although slightly...
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and the supralabials below are scales called temporal scales. On the underside of the head, a snake has an anterior scale called the mental scale. Connected...
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scale is a large scale that forms in some crotaline snakes (pitvipers) when the prelacunal scale fuses with the second (rarely the third) supralabial...
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the large scales on the forehead, a single nasal scale bordering the second supralabial scale, the absence of the loreal and preocular scales, a lone postocular...
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Western green mamba (section Scalation)
is lined with 7 to 9 supralabial scales above, the fourth and sometimes fifth one located under the eye, and 9–10 sublabial scales below. The western green...
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males/females, and 9–11 supralabial scales of which the 3rd is the largest. Toriba and Sawai (1990) give 167–179/172–184 ventral scales in males/females, 56–70/53–63...
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Boa constrictor occidentalis (section Scalation)
occidentalis possesses 242-251 ventral scales, 64-87 dorsal scales, 21-22 supralabial scales, and 45 subcaudal scales. Boa constrictor occidentalis is an...
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contacting each other. Eyes are separated from supralabial scales by a row of large subocular scales. Dorsal scales are usually smooth, but sometimes have a...
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Jameson's mamba (section Scalation)
subcaudal scales, and a divided anal scale. Its mouth is lined with 7 to 9 (usually 8) supralabial scales above and 8 to 10 (usually 9) sublabial scales below...
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Eryx conicus (redirect from Rough Scaled Sand Boa)
two rows of scales. Supralabial scales: 12 to 14. Dorsal scales tubercularly keeled, in 40 to 49 rows. Ventral scales: 162-186. The anal scale is single...
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Craspedocephalus trigonocephalus (section Scales)
two or three postoculars, 9–10 supralabial scales, three or four infralabials, and 142–160 ventrals; The anal scale is not divided; their 53–69 subcaudals...
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recognized. Scalation includes 31 (31-33) rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 199-210 ventral scales, 72-84 subcaudal scales, and 8 (7-9) supralabial scales. Found...
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Eastern green mamba (section Scalation)
201 to 232 ventral scales, 99 to 126 divided subcaudal scales, and a divided anal scale. Its mouth is lined with 7–9 supralabial scales above, the fourth...
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Black mamba (section Scalation)
to 281 ventral scales, 109 to 132 divided subcaudal scales, and a divided anal scale. Its mouth is lined with 7–8 supralabial scales above, with the...
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the sides, tip, and underside of the tail. They usually have seven supralabial scales and four enlarged nuchals. Young skinks' colorations are more vivid...
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Western kukri (section Scale pattern)
pattern of scales. The scales of this species are smooth; there are 7 supralabial scales (along the upper lip), and 17 rows of dorsal scales. They have...
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ventral scales, 63–90 subcaudal scales, and 8 (sometimes 7 or 9) supralabial scales. During 1965–2011, 2447 snakebites from this snake are reported with...
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scales, and an average of 41 paired subcaudal scales. Also, the second supralabial scale is low and does not form the anterior margin of the heat-sensing loreal...
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the preocular scale. There is one preocular scale and one or two postocular scales, 1+1 temporal scales, and seven supralabial scales, of which the fourth...
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dorsal scales at mid-body, 163 to 171 ventral scales, 59 to 74 subcaudal scales, 12 to 13 infralabial scales and 10 to 11 supralabial scales with the...
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scales at midbody; 125–135 ventral scales; 36–55 paired subcaudal scales; and 8 (sometimes 7 or 9) supralabial scales. The color pattern consists of a gray...
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