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[[Image:AB048 Scales on a snakes body.jpg|right|thumb|350px|''[[Amphiesma stolata]]'']] | [[Image:AB048 Scales on a snakes body.jpg|right|thumb|350px|''[[Amphiesma stolata]]'']] | ||
In [[snakes]], the '''subcaudal scales''' are the enlarged plates on the underside of the tail.<ref name="W&W57">Wright AH, Wright AA. 1957. Handbook of Snakes. Comstock Publishing Associates (7th printing, 1985). 1105 pp. ISBN 0-4014-0463-0.</ref> These scales may be either single or divided (paired) and are preceded by the [[anal scale]]. | In [[snakes]], the '''subcaudal scales''' are the enlarged plates on the underside of the tail.<ref name="W&W57">Wright AH, Wright AA. 1957. Handbook of Snakes. Comstock Publishing Associates (7th printing, 1985). 1105 pp. ISBN 0-4014-0463-0.</ref> These scales may be either single or divided (paired) and are preceded by the [[anal scale]]. | ||
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Revision as of 14:32, 17 December 2006
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.
Cited references
- ↑ Wright AH, Wright AA. 1957. Handbook of Snakes. Comstock Publishing Associates (7th printing, 1985). 1105 pp. ISBN 0-4014-0463-0.