{{Short description|Scales that surround the nostrils of snakes}} thumb|400px|right|Nomenclature of scales (top view of head) In snakes, the '''internasal 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 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}}.</ref> They are usually paired and situated just behind the rostral.<ref name="USN91">U.S. Navy (1991). ''Poisonous Snakes of the World''. United States Government. New York: Dover Publications Inc. 203 pp. {{ISBN|0-486-26629-X}}.</ref>
==Related scales== *Nasal scales *Rostral scale
==See also== *Snake scales *Scale (zoology)
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