{{short description|Area between eyes and nostrils}} right|thumb|Arrow "11" indicates the lore of this eagle 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'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 amphibians and reptiles, lore pertains to the regions immediately adjacent to the eyes and between the eyes and nostrils. These are analogous to the lore on birds which corresponds to the region between the eye and the beak.
In snakes and reptiles, a '''loreal scale''' also refers to the 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 crotaline snakes (pit vipers), loreal pits 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