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In reptiles, the sublabial scales, also called lower-labials or infralabials, are those scales that border the mouth opening along the lower jaw. They do not include the median scale[1] (mental scale). The term labial originates from labium (Latin for "lip"), which refers to any lip-like structure. The numbers of these scales present, and sometimes the shapes and sizes, are some of many characteristics used to differentiate species from one another.

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  1. ^ Wright AH, Wright AA. 1957. Handbook of Snakes. Comstock Publishing Associates (7th printing, 1985). 1105 pp. ISBN 0-8014-0463-0.

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often classified as enteral, such as sublingual (under the tongue) and sublabial or buccal (between the cheek and gums/gingiva), are taken up in the proximal

Sublabial

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Puff adder

supralabials. It has 12 to 17 supralabials and 13–17 sublabials. The first three or four sublabials contact the chin shields, of which only one pair exists

Labial scale

snakes, there are two different types of labial scales: supralabials and sublabials. The numbers of these scales present, and sometimes the shapes and sizes

Bothrops

interorbital scales may be 3–14. Usually there are 7–9 supralabials and 9–11 sublabials. There are 21–29 rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 139–240 ventral scales

Bitis peringueyi

The latter number 10-14, the sublabials 10-13. The one pair of chin shields contact the first two to four sublabials. The dorsal scales number 23-31

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Echis carinatus

There are 10–12 supralabials, the fourth usually largest, and 10–13 sublabials. Midbody there are 25–39 rows of dorsal scales that are keeled scales