_______ have horny epidermal scales
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Epidermal scales are horny, tough extensions of the stratum corneum. Well developed in reptiles, they are also common on exposed skin in birds and mammals. Such scales are periodically molted or shed gradually along with the rest of the stratum corneum.
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Epidermal scales are horny, tough extensions of the stratum corneum. Well developed in reptiles, they are also common on exposed skin in birds and mammals. Epidermal scales are absent in fishes, but dermal, or bony, scales are abundant.
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