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Slowworm pits?

PostPosted: Mon Apr 17, 2017 6:53 pm
by Will Atkins
Can someone tell me what the tiny pits on a slowworm's head are for? I can see some that look regularly arranged almost like rivets on the trailing edges of labial scales and elsewhere on the snout of this large male - please follow the link and then enlarge to view clearly. Could they be sensory pits of some kind? Thanks!

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