The labial scales are the scales of snakes and other scaled reptiles that border the mouth opening. These do not include the median scales on the upper...

refer to: the lips In linguistics, a labial consonant In zoology, the labial scales the labia (genitalia) Labial (gene), a gene in Drosophila melanogaster...

In reptiles, the sublabial scales, also called lower-labials or infralabials, are those scales that border the mouth opening along the lower jaw. They...

supralabial scales, also called upper-labials, are those scales that border the mouth opening along the upper jaw. They do not include the median scale (rostral...

differentiate species from one another. Nasorostral scale Mental scale Labial scales Snake scales Anatomical terms of location Wright AH, Wright AA (1957)...

first labial scale, and it has a postnasal scale. The anterior loreal scale is no deeper than the second, and is in contact with the first labial scale. The...

of this scale is sometimes one of the characteristics used to differentiate species from one another. Rostral scale Labial scales Snake scales Anatomical...

scales, paired 7 upper labial scales upper labials 3 and 4 entering the eye 1 preocular (rarely up to 3) 3 postoculars 8–9 lower labials This species, Hemachatus...

and O. microlepidotus in lacking a temporol labial scale and having six rather than seven infralabial scales. Phylogenetic analysis of mtDNA sequences showed...

upper labial (lip) scales. Black swamp snake (Liodytes pygaea). Small aquatic snake. Black with plain bright red belly. Dark upper labial (lip) scales. Queen...

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...

Five-lined Skink. However, they can be distinguished by having five labial scales around the mouth, whereas Five-lined skinks have only four. Females...

band which covers the eyes and extends rearward to the posterior upper labial scales. However, in the northern part of its range it is black in adulthood...

Also, the first lower labial scale on each side is transversely divided to form a pair of anterior chin shields. The dorsal scales are usually arranged...

genials scales on a snake are scales found on the underside of the snake's head towards the anterior and touching the lower labial scales. Chin shields...

distinction is the number of upper labial scales present in each subspecies: the Florida scarlet snake has 7 upper labial scales, while the northern scarlet...

ranges from white to beige, speckled with tiny dark brown points. The labial scale on the upper lip behind the eye is enlarged. In cloud forests of northwestern...

short vertical stripe connecting the eye with the fourth to fifth upper labial scales. Adults are much more uniform, sometimes being olive-yellow, brownish-green...

a long tail that is about one-third of the length of its body. The labial scales around the mouth of the snake are unmarked and uniformly bright yellow...

loreal scale; the preocular scale contacts the posterior nasal. Two postocular scales, with temporal scales arranged in 1+2 configuration. Labial scales: 7...

symmetrically shaped head scales. Currently, two species are recognized. These snakes lack the heat-sensitive pits between the labial scales that most other python...

and underside of the head are light, usually cream-coloured, and the labial scales have dark edges, although these can be indistinct in some populations...

burrowing in the sand, as are the recessed lower jaw and flared upper labial scales. Greater earless lizards are sexually dimorphic, males grow larger and...

the scales in the anterior areas of the mouth and nose (rostral scale, first labial scale, and loreal). The Mexican blind lizard is a limbless lizard, adapted...

suture between the rostral scale and the first labial scale. The ear-opening is oval, about the same size as a lateral scale, or a little smaller. The...

2 and 3 temporal scales. It has eight upper labial scales, with the third, fourth, and fifth entering the eye; its five lower labials are in contact with...

through the eye that divides the darker head from the lighter-colored labial scales. Northern copperhead, copperhead, resident copperhead, highland moccasin...

light edges. The head is a uniform grayish-brown except for its lighter labial scales and dark postorbital bar. No distinct pattern is found on the crown...

that are noticeably wider than adjacent body scales and its nostril contracts at the 1st upper labial scale. The eastern hooded scaly-foot is found in inland...

orbit; it has 10 to 13 upper and as many lower labial scales. The body is slightly flattened; dorsal scales are small, uniform, smooth, or feebly keeled...