Parietal scales, the Glossary
Parietal scales are the scales of a snake located on the snake's head and are connected to the frontals towards the posterior.[1]
Table of Contents
4 relations: Anatomical terms of location, Parietal bone, Scale (zoology), Snake scale.
- Snake scales
Anatomical terms of location
Standard anatomical terms of location are used to unambiguously describe the anatomy of animals, including humans.
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Parietal bone
The parietal bones are two bones in the skull which, when joined at a fibrous joint known as a cranial suture, form the sides and roof of the neurocranium.
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Scale (zoology)
In zoology, a scale (lepís; squāma) is a small rigid plate that grows out of an animal's skin to provide protection.
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Snake scale
Snakes, like other reptiles, have skin covered in scales. Parietal scales and Snake scale are Snake scales.
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See also
Snake scales
- Anal scale
- Brille
- Canthal scales
- Canthus (herpetology)
- Chin shields
- Dorsal scales
- Frontal scale
- Intercanthal scales
- Internasal scales
- Interorbital scales
- Keeled scales
- Labial scale
- Lacunal scales
- Lacunolabial scale
- Lore (anatomy)
- Mental scale
- Nasal scale
- Nasorostral scale
- Occipital scales
- Ocular scales
- Paraventral scales
- Parietal scales
- Prefrontal scales
- Preventral scales
- Rostral scale
- Snake scale
- Subcaudal scales
- Sublabial scale
- Supralabial scale
- Supraocular scales
- Temporal scales
- Ventral scales
- Vertebral scales
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parietal_scales
Also known as Parietal (scale), Parietal plates, Parietal scale.