Preventral scales are
snake scales positioned anterior to the
ventral scales and are wider than they are long, but do not come into contact with the
paraventral row of
dorsal scales on either side of the body.
[ Campbell JA, Lamar WW. 2004. ''The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere''. 2 volumes. Comstock Publishing Associates, Ithaca and London. 870 pp. 1500 plates. .]
Related scales
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Ventral scales
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Dorsal scales
References
Snake scales
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