Reptile scale, the Glossary

Table of Contents

1. 30 relations: Alpha-keratin, Anatomical terms of location, Beta-keratin, Bird, Caenophidia, Crocodile, Dermis, Dissection, Dorsal scales, Ecdysis, Epidermis, Fish scale, Gecko, Keratin, Lacertidae, Lizard, Malcolm Arthur Smith, Mammal, Moulting, North America, Osteoderm, Parasitism, Rattlesnake, Reptile, Scale (zoology), Scute, Snake, Tubercle, Turtle, Vertebra.

2. Reptile anatomy

Alpha-keratin

Alpha-keratin, or α-keratin, is a type of keratin found in mammalian vertebrates.

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Anatomical terms of location

Standard anatomical terms of location are used to unambiguously describe the anatomy of animals, including humans.

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Beta-keratin

Beta-keratin (β-keratin) is a member of a structural protein family found in the epidermis of reptiles and birds.

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Bird

Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton.

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Caenophidia

The Caenophidia are a derived clade of alethinophidian snakes, which contains over 80% of all the extant species of snakes.

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Crocodile

Crocodiles (family Crocodylidae) or true crocodiles are large semiaquatic reptiles that live throughout the tropics in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia.

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Dermis

The dermis or corium is a layer of skin between the epidermis (with which it makes up the cutis) and subcutaneous tissues, that primarily consists of dense irregular connective tissue and cushions the body from stress and strain.

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Dissection

Dissection (from Latin dissecare "to cut to pieces"; also called anatomization) is the dismembering of the body of a deceased animal or plant to study its anatomical structure.

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Dorsal scales

In snakes, the dorsal scales are the longitudinal series of plates that encircle the body, but do not include the ventral scales.

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Ecdysis

Ecdysis is the moulting of the cuticle in many invertebrates of the clade Ecdysozoa.

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Epidermis

The epidermis is the outermost of the three layers that comprise the skin, the inner layers being the dermis and hypodermis.

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Fish scale

A fish scale is a small rigid plate that grows out of the skin of a fish.

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Gecko

Geckos are small, mostly carnivorous lizards that have a wide distribution, found on every continent except Antarctica.

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Keratin

Keratin is one of a family of structural fibrous proteins also known as scleroproteins.

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Lacertidae

The Lacertidae are the family of the wall lizards, true lizards, or sometimes simply lacertas, which are native to Afro-Eurasia.

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Lizard

Lizard is the common name used for all squamate reptiles other than snakes (and to a lesser extent amphisbaenians), encompassing over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains.

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Malcolm Arthur Smith

Malcolm Arthur Smith (1875 in New Malden, Surrey – 1958 in Ascot) was a herpetologist and physician working in the Malay Peninsula.

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Mammal

A mammal is a vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia.

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Moulting

In biology, moulting (British English), or molting (American English), also known as sloughing, shedding, or in many invertebrates, ecdysis, is a process by which an animal casts off parts of its body to serve some beneficial purpose, either at specific times of the year, or at specific points in its life cycle.

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North America

North America is a continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres.

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Osteoderm

Osteoderms are bony deposits forming scales, plates, or other structures based in the dermis.

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Parasitism

Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life.

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Rattlesnake

Rattlesnakes are venomous snakes that form the genera Crotalus and Sistrurus of the subfamily Crotalinae (the pit vipers).

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Reptile

Reptiles, as commonly defined, are a group of tetrapods with usually an ectothermic ('cold-blooded') metabolism and amniotic development.

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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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Scute

A scute or scutum (Latin: scutum; plural: scuta "shield") is a bony external plate or scale overlaid with horn, as on the shell of a turtle, the skin of crocodilians, and the feet of birds.

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Snake

Snakes are elongated, limbless reptiles of the suborder Serpentes.

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Tubercle

In anatomy, a tubercle (literally 'small tuber', Latin for 'lump') is any round nodule, small eminence, or warty outgrowth found on external or internal organs of a plant or an animal.

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Turtle

Turtles are reptiles of the order Testudines, characterized by a special shell developed mainly from their ribs.

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Vertebra

Each vertebra (vertebrae) is an irregular bone with a complex structure composed of bone and some hyaline cartilage, that make up the vertebral column or spine, of vertebrates.

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See also

Reptile anatomy

• Columella (auditory system)
• Conus papillaris
• Crista interfenestralis
• Crocodilian armor
• Dinosaur anatomy
• Femoral pore
• Gecko feet
• Gular fold
• Horn (anatomy)
• Hyposphene-hypantrum articulation
• Legless lizards
• Lore (anatomy)
• Mite pocket
• Neck frill
• Neural spine sail
• Patagium
• Pleurodont
• Reptile scale
• Snake anatomy
• Supratemporal bone
• Triradiate pelvic girdle
• Turtle shell
• Zygosphene-zygantrum articulation

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reptile_scale

Also known as Epidermal scale, Reptile scales, Scale (reptile).