Internasal scales

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Nomenclature of scales (top view of head)

In snakes, the internasal scales are those on top of the head between the scales that surround the nostrils.^[1] They are usually paired and situated just behind the rostral.^[2]

[edit] Related scales

Nasal scales.
Rostral scale.

[edit] See also

Snake scales.
Scale (zoology).

[edit] Cited references

^ Wright AH, Wright AA. 1957. Handbook of Snakes. Comstock Publishing Associates (7th printing, 1985). 1105 pp. ISBN 0-8014-0463-0.
^ U.S. Navy. 1991. Poisonous Snakes of the World. US Govt. New York: Dover Publications Inc. 203 pp. ISBN 0-486-26629-X.