In reptiles, the nasorostral is an enlarged and usually paired scale, just behind the
rostral
Rostral may refer to:
Anatomy
* Rostral (anatomical term), situated toward the oral or nasal region
* Rostral bone, in ceratopsian dinosaurs
* Rostral organ, of certain fish
* Rostral scale, in snakes and scaled reptiles
Other uses
* Rostral colu ...
[Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. 2003. True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company. 359 pp. .] (and in front of the
nasal scale).
Related scales
*
Rostral scale
*
Nasal scale
See also
*
Snake scales
References
Snake scales
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