Prefrontal scales

The prefrontal scales on snakes and other reptiles are the scales connected to the frontals towards the tip of the snout which are in contact with the internasals.

Nomenclature of scales (top view of head)

See also
  • Snake scales
  • Scale (zoology)

References
  • Wareham DC (2005). Elsevier's Dictionary of Herpetological and Related Terminology. Amsterdam: Elsevier. 240 pp. ISBN 978-0444518637. ("PREFRONTAL", p. 160).
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