Preventral scales

Preventral scales are snake scales positioned anterior to the ventral scales and are wider than they are long, but do not come into contact with the paraventral row of dorsal scales on either side of the body.[1]

gollark: Minoteaur users know what they're getting into.
gollark: I can just make it implode if Firefox is not used.
gollark: Besides, I'm compiling in debug mode.
gollark: Don't worry, Firefox is already doing that somehow!
gollark: Ballpoint pens only became possible in the 1940s or so due to precision machining of the ball.

References
  1. Campbell JA, Lamar WW. 2004. The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere. 2 volumes. Comstock Publishing Associates, Ithaca and London. 870 pp. 1500 plates. ISBN 0-8014-4141-2.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.