In reptiles, occipital scales are enlarged plates that lie directly behind the parietal scales.Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. 2003. True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company. 359 pp. .
An interoccipital is a scale located between the occipital scales.Wright AH, Wright AA. 1957. Handbook of Snakes. Comstock Publishing Associates (7th printing, 1985). 1105 pp. .
Related scales Parietal scales.
See also Snake scales.
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