{{short description|Area between eyes and nostrils}} [[Image:EagleHead.svg|right|thumb|Arrow "11" indicates the lore of this eagle]] [[Image:AB044 Scales on a snakes head.jpg|thumb|right|Scales on a snake's head]] The '''lore''' (adj. '''loreal''') is the region between the eyes and nostrils of birds, reptiles, and amphibians.
==Ornithology== In ornithology, the lore is the region between the eye and bill on the side of a [[Bird_anatomy#Skull|bird's head]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dep.state.fl.us/northwest/ecosys/section/heronanatomy.pdf|title=Project Green Shores: Green Heron|access-date=June 18, 2011}}</ref> This region is sometimes featherless, and the skin may be tinted, as in many species of the [[cormorant]] family.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.exoticpetvet.net/avian/anatomy.html|title=Avian Anatomy|author=Margaret A. Wissman|access-date=June 18, 2011}}</ref> This area, which is directly in front of the eye, features a "loral stripe" in many bird species including the [[red-capped plover]].
==Herpetology== {{See also|Loreal pit}} In [[amphibian]]s and [[reptile]]s, lore pertains to the regions immediately adjacent to the eyes and between the eyes and nostrils. These are analogous to the lore on [[bird]]s which corresponds to the region between the eye and the beak.
In [[snake]]s and reptiles, a '''loreal scale''' also refers to the [[Scale (zoology)|scales]] which lie between the eye and the nostril.<ref name="GL">{{cite web|url=http://online-field-guide.com/glossary.htm|title=Glossary|author=Phil Bowles|publisher=The Online Field Guide|access-date=March 8, 2012}}</ref> In [[Crotalinae|crotaline snakes]] (pit vipers), [[loreal pit]]s are present on either side of the head.<ref name="C&L04">Campbell JA, Lamar WW. 2004. The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere. 2 volumes. Comstock Publishing Associates, Ithaca and London. 870 pp. 1500 plates. {{ISBN|0-8014-4141-2}}.</ref>
==See also== * [[Snake scales]] * [[Anatomical terms of location]]
==References== {{Reflist|40em}}
[[Category:Bird anatomy]] [[Category:Snake scales]] [[Category:Reptile anatomy]] [[Category:Amphibian anatomy]]