Parietal scales
Parietal scales are the scales of a snake located on the snake's head and are connected to the frontals towards the posterior.[1] These plate-like scales are analogous to and take their name from the parietal bone, which forms the roof and sides of the cranium in humans.
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- ^ Roscoe, Eric. "Shedding the Uncertainty: How to Identify Snake Sheds". Madison Area Herpetological Society. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
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