Definition of Supraoculars. Meaning of Supraoculars. Synonyms of Supraoculars

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Definition of Supraoculars

Supraocular
Supraocular Su`pra*oc"u*lar, a. (Zo["o]l.) Above the eyes; -- said of certain scales of fishes and reptiles.

Meaning of Supraoculars from wikipedia

- species from each another. In many species of boids and viperids, the supraoculars are heavily fragmented. In others, such as the colubrids and elapids...
- six shields. The frontal touches the parietals, supraoculars, prefrontals and preoculars. The supraoculars are small. The parietals are one and a half times...
- 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...
- suture. The supraoculars are single, narrow, and sometimes divided by a transverse suture. There are 11–16 scales in a line between the supraoculars. The ventrals...
- shields occur along the margin of the lower lip; the third and fourth supraoculars touch the eye. The scales are highly polished, in 15-17 rows; the vertebral...
- top of the head between the plates surmounting the eyes (the supraoculars). Supraocular scales Snake scales Wright AH, Wright AA. 1957. Handbook of Snakes...
- pair of small internasals is present, separated by small scales. The supraoculars are narrow. Other parts of the crown are covered with very small scales...
- scale between the frontal and the parietals), and two long and narrow supraoculars. The latter are large and distinct, each separated from the frontal by...
- 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...