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In [[reptile]]s, the '''sublabial scales''', also called lower-labials or infralabials, are those scales that border the mouth opening along the lower jaw. They do not include the median scale<ref name="W&W57">Wright AH, Wright AA. 1957. Handbook of Snakes. Comstock Publishing Associates (7th printing, 1985). 1105 pp. ISBN 0-8014-0463-0.</ref> ([[mental scale]]).
In [[reptile]]s, the '''sublabial scales''', also called lower-labials or infralabials, are those scales that border the mouth opening along the lower jaw. They do not include the median scale<ref name="W&W57">Wright AH, Wright AA. 1957. Handbook of Snakes. Comstock Publishing Associates (7th printing, 1985). 1105 pp. ISBN 0-8014-0463-0.</ref> ([[mental scale]]).



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In reptiles, the sublabial scales, also called lower-labials or infralabials, are those scales that border the mouth opening along the lower jaw. They do not include the median scale[1] (mental scale).

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  1. Wright AH, Wright AA. 1957. Handbook of Snakes. Comstock Publishing Associates (7th printing, 1985). 1105 pp. ISBN 0-8014-0463-0.