Subcaudal scales

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File:AB048 Scales on a snakes body.jpg
Amphiesma stolata paired subcaudal scales

In snakes, the subcaudal scales are the enlarged plates on the underside of the tail.[1] These scales may be either single or divided (paired) and are preceded by the anal scale.

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  1. ^ Wright AH, Wright AA (1957). Handbook of Snakes of the United States and Canada. Comstock Publishing Associates, a Division of Cornell University Press. (7th printing, 1985). 1,105 pp. (in two volumes). Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..