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Rostral scale

Head of the rat snake Coluber ventromaculatus in lateral (left) and dorsal (right) views with the rostral scale highlighted

The rostral scale, or rostral, in snakes and other scaled reptiles is the median (midline) plate on the tip of the snout that borders the mouth opening.[1] It corresponds to the mental scale in the lower jaw. The term pertains to the rostrum, or nose. In snakes, the shape and size of this scale is one of many characteristics used to differentiate species from one another.

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References

  1. ^ Wright AH, Wright AA (1957). Handbook of Snakes of the United States and Canada. Ithaca and London: Comstock Publishing Associates. (7th printing, 1985). 1,105 pp. (in two volumes). ISBN 0-8014-0463-0.
  2. ^ Deufel, Alexandra (2017). "Burrowing with a kinetic snout in a snake (Elapidae: Aspidelaps scutatus)". Journal of Morphology. 278 (12): 1706–1715. doi:10.1002/jmor.20743. ISSN 0362-2525.
  3. ^ Albuquerque, Nelson R.; Martins, Roullien H.; Carvalho, Priscila S.; Shepard, Donald B.; Santana, Diego J. (2025-01-30). "A new species of parrot snake, Leptophis (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the Brazilian Cerrado". PeerJ. 13 e18528. doi:10.7717/peerj.18528. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 11787803. PMID 39897499.
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