Ocular scales
(重定向自Postocular)
- "Circumorbital" redirects here. This may also refer to the area surrounding the eye sockets in other animals.
In scaled reptiles, the ocular scales are those forming the margin of the eye. The name originates from the term oculus which is Latin for "eye" and, in the broadest sense, refers to a scale associated with the eye. The numbers of these scales present, and sometimes the shapes and sizes, are some of many characteristics used to differentiate species from one another.