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{{Image|AB045_Scales_on_a_snakes_head.jpg|right|300px|Internasal (and other) scales on the head of a Buff-striped Keelback snake.}}
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In [[Snake (animal)|snakes]], the '''ínternasal scales''' are those on top of the head between the scales that surround the nostrils.<ref name="W&W57">Wright AH, Wright AA. 1957. Handbook of Snakes. Comstock Publishing Associates (7th printing, 1985). 1105 pp. ISBN 0-4014-0463-0.</ref> They are usually paired and situated just behind the [[Snake (animal)]][[Category:Suggestion Bot Tag]]
In [[Snake (animal)|snakes]], the '''ínternasal scales''' are those on top of the head between the scales that surround the nostrils.<ref name="W&W57">Wright AH, Wright AA. 1957. Handbook of Snakes. Comstock Publishing Associates (7th printing, 1985). 1105 pp. ISBN 0-4014-0463-0.</ref> They are usually paired and situated just behind the [[Snake (animal)]]

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Internasal (and other) scales on the head of a Buff-striped Keelback snake.

In snakes, the ínternasal scales are those on top of the head between the scales that surround the nostrils.[1] They are usually paired and situated just behind the Snake (animal)

  1. Wright AH, Wright AA. 1957. Handbook of Snakes. Comstock Publishing Associates (7th printing, 1985). 1105 pp. ISBN 0-4014-0463-0.