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Nomenclature of scales (side view of head) Terminology of snake head shields explained with help of line diagrams of the head of Coluber ventromaculatus from Malcolm A. Smith (1943). Legend ag – Anterior genials or Chin shields
The skull of Python reticulatus.. The skull of a snake is a very complex structure, with numerous joints to allow the snake to swallow prey far larger than its head.. The typical snake skull has a solidly ossified braincase, with the separate frontal bones and the united parietal bones extending downward to the basisphenoid, which is large and extends forward into a rostrum extending to the ...
Over 160 massive carvings were found dotting the desert landscape, photos show.
A crude animated line-drawing showing the locomotor pattern of sidewinding. The light brown areas are the tracks left behind, and also indicate where the body of the snake touched the ground. One can determine the line of movement of the snake by drawing a line connecting either the right or left tips of the tracks.
Oblique view The other oblique view The group ... Over 15 drawings of the group made by ... The fixing of the snake's head in the side of the principal figure is as ...
Nomenclature of scales (top view of head) Parietal scales are the scales of a snake located on the snake's head and are connected to the frontals towards the posterior. [ 1 ] These plate-like scales are analogous to and take their name from the parietal bone, which forms the roof and sides of the cranium in humans.
The back side has been hollowed out, possibly to make the sculpture lighter. The back, once gilded, is now plain, and only the heads have decorations on both sides. The outer body of the two-headed snake is covered in a mosaic of turquoise, accented by red spiny oyster.