Horned scales

Japanese: 角鱗 - かくりん
Horned scales

... In amphibians and above, the exoskeleton with enamel and dentin only remains as teeth in the mouth, and the bone fragments in the dermis are incorporated into the skeletal structure as dermal bones (in mammals, most of the skull and the clavicles are derived from dermal bones). On the other hand, keratinization of the epidermis begins with life on land, and the developed form of this stratum is the horny scale of reptiles. Horny scales are formed by the production and deposition of keratin in epithelial cells, and are completely different in development and composition from fish scales. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "horned scales" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… 両生類以上では,エナメル質や象牙質をもつ外骨格は口腔の歯として残るのみで,真皮中の骨片は皮骨として骨格の構成要素に組み込まれている(哺乳類では頭骨の大部分と鎖骨が皮骨由来である)。一方,陸上生活とともに表皮の角質化が始まるが,この角質層の発達したものが爬虫類の角鱗である。角鱗は上皮細胞にケラチンが生成・沈着したもので,魚類のうろことは発生も組成もまったく違うものである。…

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