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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.
Pages in category "Snake scales" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total. ... Parietal scales; Prefrontal scales; Preventral scales; R. Rostral ...
Snake scales also appear to have affected Islamic art in the form of tessellated mosaic patterns which show great similarity to snake-scale patterns. [ 37 ] Snakeskin, with its highly periodic cross-hatch or grid patterns, appeals to people's aesthetics and have been used to manufacture many leather articles including fashionable accessories ...
The shape and arrangement of scales is used to identify snake species. The shape and number of scales on the head, back and belly are characteristic to family, genus and species. Scales have a nomenclature analogous to the position on the body. In "advanced" (Caenophidian) snakes, the broad belly scales and rows of dorsal scales correspond to ...
The rough-scaled python is able to grow to around 2 m (6.6 ft) in total length. It has a triangular-shaped head with a conspicuous constriction at the neck area. [5] M. carinata is distinguished by the presence of a large parietal scale and by having distinct keeled dorsal scales.
The Sumatran short-tailed python has narrow subocular scales between the bottom of the eye and the top of the labial scales. The parietal scales do not join each other. P. curtus and P. breitensteini can be distinguished by the frontal and parietal scales on the tops of their heads. In both P. brongersmai and P. breitensteini, the parietal ...
There are 229–269 ventral scales, 79–92 divided subcaudal scales, and a single anal scale. Boiga trigonata has a yellowish-olive or pale grey colour along the back and a white black-edged zigzag band along the length of the head with two brown bands edged with black, diverging posteriorly.
More formally, this snake can be diagnosed by the characteristics and counts of its scales: the rostral scale is rounded; the frontal scale is almost as broad as long and shorter than the parietal scales; there are five (rarely six) upper labial scales and five (rarely four or sometimes six) lower labials; the anterior chin-shields not fused ...