Temporal scales

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File:AB045 Scales on a snakes head.jpg
Nomenclature of scales (top view of head)

In reptiles, the temporal scales are located on the side of the head between the parietal scales and the supralabial scales, and behind the postocular scales.[1]

There are two types of temporal scales:[1]

  • Anterior temporals are in contact with the postocular scales.
  • Posterior temporals are in vertical rows not in contact with the postocular scales; sometimes called secondary and tertiary temporals.
File:Char5 Temporals.JPG
Chequered Keelback Xenochrophis piscator
File:AB040 glossy bellied racer head.jpg
Glossy-bellied Racer Coluber ventromaculatus
File:AB 058 Banded Krait.JPG
Banded Krait Bungarus fasciatus
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References

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  1. ^ a b U.S. Navy. 1991. Poisonous Snakes of the World. US Govt. New York: Dover Publications Inc. 203 pp. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
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