- In
scaled reptiles,
supraocular scales are (enlarged)
scales on the
crown immediately above the eye. The size and
shape of
these scales are
among the...
-
postocular scales, and
those towards the
upper or
dorsal side are
called supraocular scales. Cir****orbital
scales towards the
ventral or
lower side, if any...
- top of the head
between the
plates surmounting the eyes (the
supraoculars).
Supraocular scales Snake scales Wright AH,
Wright AA. 1957.
Handbook of Snakes...
-
those lying directly behind and in
contact with the eye.
Supraocular scales, or
supraoculars, are
enlarged scales on the
crown immediately above the eye...
- head
between the eye and the snout, or more specifically,
between the
supraocular scale and the
rostral scale. It is
defined as a
sharp ridge in many viperids...
- of hind
limbs and
absence of fore limbs. Also prefrontals, frontals,
supraoculars, and
frontoparietals are absent.
There are five species: Calyptommatus...
- and Levant. It is
often easily recognized by the
presence of a pair of
supraocular "horns",
although hornless individuals do occur.
Three subspecies have...
- low
supraocular ridge. The
supraocular ridge extends along the
lateral edges of the prefrontal, frontal, frontoparietal, parietal, and
supraocular scales...
-
irregularly shaped, with the
frontal separated from the
supraoculars by 2
scale rows. The
supraocular scales are
large and distinct,
separated by 4–7 scale...
- segment, but "the
development of a
spine at the
posterior angle of the
supraocular eave, and the
presence of
intercalated spine and
antennulary septum seem...
