reptile Reptiles, as most commonly defined are the animals in the class Reptilia ( ), a paraphyletic grouping comprising all sauropsids except birds. Living reptiles comprise turtles, crocodilians, squamates (lizards and snakes) and rhynchocephalians ( ...

s, the supraciliary scales are the scales located immediately above the eyes, and under the

supraocular scale In scaled reptiles, supraocular scales are (enlarged) scales on the crown immediately above the eye.Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. 2003. True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company. ...

s.Schleich, H.-H., Kästle, W. and Kabisch, K. 1996
Amphibians and reptiles of North Africa: biology, systematics, field guide
Koeltz Scientific Books, 630 pp. Can be seen as the eyebrow of some reptiles.

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