thin, leathery or horny shield covering the head and limbs; see Multimedia tab for terminology of head scalation.

Alternative forms for scale : first infralabial, frontal, frontoparietal, infralabial, mental, nasal, parietal, postmandibular, postocular, postoculars, prefrontal, preocular, preoculars, scales, supralabial, supralabials, supraocular, temporal.