# Chin shields

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{{Short description|Scales found on the underside of the snake's head}}
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thumb|right|300px|Chin shields on a buff-striped keelback (''Amphiesma stolata'')
'''Chin shields''' or '''chinshields''', '''genials scales''' on a snake are scales found on the underside of the snake's head towards the anterior and touching the lower labial scales.
Chin shields to the front of the snake (towards the snout) are called '''anterior chin shields''' while those to the rear of the snake (towards the tail) are called '''posterior chin shields'''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wildreach.com/reptile/Serpentes/Identification.php |title=Introduction to reptile (snake) scales |access-date=5 June 2012 |archive-date=6 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120106172820/http://www.wildreach.com/reptile/Serpentes/Identification.php |url-status=usurped }}</ref>

==See also==
* [Snake scales](/source/Snake_scales).
* [Scale (zoology)](/source/Scale_(zoology))

==References==
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