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scalation

(skā-lā′shən)
n.
An arrangement of scales, as on a fish or reptile.
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przewalskii by the presence of tubercles on the prescapular region and sides of the neck (versus homogeneous scalation in P.
Cryptic Diversity in the Neotropical Gecko Genus Phyllopezus Peters, 1878 (Reptilia: Squamata: Phyllodactylidae): A New Species from Paraguay
There is information on how to identify snakes from their shape, form, colour, scalation, and tracks and traces.
Snakes of Arabia: a Field Guide to the Snakes of the Arabian Peninsula and its Shores' by Damien Egan
The frontal scalation pattern in some groups of toothcarps (Pisces, Cyprinodontiformes).
Relationships and taxonomy of the killifish genus Rivulus (Cyprinodontiformes: Aplocheiloidei: Rivulidae) from the Brazilian Amazonas river basin, with notes on historical ecology
In addition, four aspects of head scalation were ranked (number-coded) as follows: number of anterior supralabials 2/2 (1), 1/2 (2), 1/1 (3), 0/1 (4), 0/0 (5); number of supraoculars 1/1 (1), 1/0 (2), 0/0 (3); complete separation of parietal scale from posterior supralabial by a postocular scale on both sides (1), touching on one side (2), touching on both sides (3) and number of rows of scales around tail 10 (1), 12 (2).
The status of Mexican and Southwestern United States blind snakes allied with Leptotyphlops dulcis (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae)
The fish was recognized as the loosetooth parrotfish based on its general body morphology, large scalation, and rather drab brownish-green coloration (Fig.
Occurrence of the Loosetooth Parrotfish, Nicholsina denticulata (Scaridae), from Santa Catalina Island, California
Our data do not support this possibility; the snakes are very similar in sizes and reproductive output, as well as in a scalation characteristic (subcaudal scale division) that shows strong heritability (Shine et al.
Life history consequences of nest-site variation in tropical pythons (Liasus fuscus)
Numerous morphological characters from the scalation, color pattern, and body dimensions vary substantially among islands and within Tenerife.
The use of DNA divergence to help determine the correlates of evolution of morphological characters
Features of scalation and their counts were examined using a stereo dissecting microscope (Table I).
The Common Bronzeback Tree Snake, Dendrelaphis tristis (Daudin, 1803): An Addition to the Herpetofauna of Pakistan
The nape would then be referred to as scaled, and the extent of the scalation noted.
Fishes of the Helcogramma steinitzi species group (Blennioidei: Tripterygiidae) from the Indian Ocean, with descriptions of two new species
Abstract: We describe morphological variation (scalation and coloration) observed among eight individuals of the Panamanian lizard species Anolis casildae.
Morphological variation in the tropical anole, Anolis casildae (Squamata: Polychrotidae)
The head scalation of Baird's illustrations and USNM 1249 were compared by Gotte (pers.
Neotype and type locality of the western hognose snake, Heterodon nasicus (Serpentes: Colubridae)
Evolution and character congruence in some western Indian Ocean Phelsuma: Numerical analysis of biochemistry, shape and scalation. J.
Adaptive radiation of day-geckos (Phelsuma) inthe Seychelles archipelago: a phylogenetic analysis
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