Occipital scales

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

In reptiles, occipital scales are enlarged plates that lie directly behind the parietal scales.[1]

An interoccipital is a scale located between the occipital scales.[2]

## Related scales[edit | edit source]

* Parietal scales.

## See also[edit | edit source]

* Snake scales.

## Cited references[edit | edit source]

1. ↑ Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. 2003. True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company. 359 pp. ISBN 0-89464-877-2.
2. ↑ Wright AH, Wright AA. 1957. Handbook of Snakes. Comstock Publishing Associates (7th printing, 1985). 1105 pp. ISBN 0-8014-0463-0.

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