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In reptiles, occipital scales are enlarged plates that lie directly behind the parietal scales.<ref name="Mal03">Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. 2003. True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company. 359 pp. ISBN 0-89464-877-2.</ref>

An interoccipital is a scale located between the occipital scales.<ref name="W&W57">Wright AH, Wright AA. 1957. Handbook of Snakes. Comstock Publishing Associates (7th printing, 1985). 1105 pp. ISBN 0-4014-0463-0.</ref>

[edit] Related scales

• Parietal scales.

[edit] See also

• Snake scales.

[edit] Cited references