Canthus (herpetology)
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Template:Short description In snakes and amphibians, the canthus, canthal ridge or canthus rostralis[1] is the angle between the flat crown of the head and the side of the head between the eye and the snout,[2] or more specifically, between the supraocular scale and the rostral scale. It is defined as a sharp ridge in many viperids, but is rounded in most rattlesnakes, for example.[3][4]
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- ↑ Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. 2003. True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, Florida. Template:ISBN.
- ↑ Campbell JA, Lamar WW. 2004. The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere. Comstock Publishing Associates, Ithaca and London. 870 pp. 1500 plates. Template:ISBN.
- ↑ Wareham, David C. 2005. Dictionary of herpetological and related terminology. Elsevier. Template:ISBN
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