Snakes, like other reptiles, have skin covered in scales. Snakes are entirely covered with scales or scutes of various shapes and sizes, known as snakeskin...

lizards, or modified elaborately, as in the case of snakes. The scales on the top of lizard and snake heads has also been called pileus, after the Latin...

genetic analysis showed that the closest relative of the tiger snakes is the rough-scaled snake (Tropidechis carinatus). The two extensively recognized species...

The rough-scaled snake (Tropidechis carinatus) is a highly venomous Australian elapid. The animal's name comes from its scales that are raised above the...

The eastern brown snake (Pseudonaja textilis), often referred to as the common brown snake, is a species of extremely venomous snake in the family Elapidae...

commonly known as the western taipan, small-scaled snake, or fierce snake, is a species of extremely venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is...

amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales much like other members of the group. Many species of snakes have skulls with several more joints than...

a live snake, the shed skin of a snake after molting, or to a type of leather that is made from the hide of a dead snake. Snakeskin and scales can have...

arrangement of scales on a snake's body are a key element of identification to species level. The red-bellied black snake has 17 rows of dorsal scales at midbody...

garter snakes are highly variable in appearance; generally, they have large round eyes with rounded pupils, a slender build, keeled scales (appearing...

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Sea snakes, or coral reef snakes, are elapid snakes that inhabit marine environments for most or all of their lives. They belong to two subfamilies, Hydrophiinae...

De Kay's brown snake, De Kay's snake, and simply the brown snake (along with many other snakes), is a small non-venomous species of snake in the family...

the beak. In snakes and reptiles, a loreal scale also refers to the scales which lie between the eye and the nostril. In crotaline snakes (pit vipers)...

In snakes, the dorsal scales are the longitudinal series of plates that encircle the body, but do not include the ventral scales. When counting dorsal...

sources maintain that the corn snake is so-named because the distinctive, nearly-checkered pattern of the snake's belly scales resembles the kernels of variegated...

yellow-bellied sea snake (Hydrophis platurus) is a highly venomous species of snake from the subfamily Hydrophiinae (the sea snakes) found in tropical...

In snakes, the ventral scales or gastrosteges are the enlarged and transversely elongated scales that extend down the underside of the body from the neck...

grass snake. It is a slender, "small medium" snake that measures 36–51 cm (14–20 in) as an adult. It gets its common name from its smooth dorsal scales, as...

it is seen in a reddish-green texture. The dorsal scales are two-toned, sometimes giving the snake a patterned appearance. Its underside is cream or white...

transparent scale that covers and protects the eye. It is formed in embryonic snakes when the transparent upper and lower eyelids fuse. Once hatched, a snake does...

and are preceded by the anal scale. Anal scale Ventral scales Snake scales Wright AH, Wright AA (1957). Handbook of Snakes of the United States and Canada...

commonly known as the Oriental rat snake, dhaman or Indian rat snake, is a common non-venomous species of colubrid snake found in parts of South and Southeast...

The black mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis) is a species of highly venomous snake belonging to the family Elapidae. It is native to parts of sub-Saharan Africa...

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to Street's (1979) description of European lizards and snakes, in those that have keeled scales the keels are usually stronger in male specimens and are...

The labial scales are the scales of snakes and other scaled reptiles that border the mouth opening. These do not include the median scales on the upper...

rows of dorsal scales. In contrast with many other snakes found in the region, these scales are flat (not keeled). This gives the snake a smooth texture...

each year. The snakes are: Russell's viper, Daboia russelii Common krait, Bungarus caeruleus Indian cobra, Naja naja Indian saw-scaled viper, Echis carinatus...

Aesculapian snakes is from 350 to 890 g (0.77 to 1.96 lb). It is dark, long, slender, and typically bronzy in colour, with smooth scales that give it...