Scanning laser ophthalmoscopy and optical coherence tomography imaging of spectacular ecdysis in the corn snake (<i><scp>P</scp>antherophis guttatus</i>) and the <scp>C</scp>alifornia king snake (<i><scp>L</scp>ampropeltis getulus californiae</i>)

Abstract

We hypothesize that the echogenicity modifications of the anterior cornea correspond to major metabolic activity associated with new spectacle formation. This increased metabolic activity may contribute to the neovascularization and play an important role in the accumulation of fluid in the subspectacular space, facilitating the shedding of the old spectacle.