the foremost paired scutes of the plastron; in the family Kinosternidae a single gular is usual. Hutchison and Bramble (1981) used the term "intergular" for this scute (for Kinosternidae), whereas Boulenger (1889) and Loveridge and Williams (1957) used "extragular" (for Chelidae); see Scutes.

Alternative forms for gular scutes : gul, gular, gular scute, gulars.