Nasal scale

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In reptiles, the nasal scale refers to the scale that encloses the nostril.

Sometimes this scale is paired (divided). In such cases, the anterior half is referred to as the prenasal and the posterior half is referred to as the postnasal.

Supranasal scales are located above the nasal scale.

References

References

  1. [[species:David Mallow. Mallow D]], [[species:David Ludwig. Ludwig D]], [[species:Göran Nilson. Nilson G]] (2003). ''True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers''. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company. 359 pp. {{ISBN. 0-89464-877-2.
  2. [[Albert Hazen Wright. Wright AH]], [[species:Anna Allen Wright. Wright AA]] (1957). ''Handbook of Snakes of the United States and Canada''. Ithaca and London: Comstock Publishing Associates, a Division of Cornell University Press. (7th printing, 1985). 1,105 pp. {{ISBN. 0-8014-0463-0.

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