When we think about snakes, we automatically assume that they all have scales. After all, scales enable the snake to move ...

Their belly has light spots resembling half-moons against a uniform gray or brown background. Their scales are keeled and the anal scale is divided. Mississippi green water snakes prefer calm ...

Many snakes are known for hexagonal patterns on their backs and sides. Prior research has shown that such patterns exist in the scales on the outer skin and the patterns grow from placodes ...

Humans and monkeys may have evolved their keen ability to detect snakes due to a fear response triggered by the reptiles' scales, rather than their elongated bodies, according to research from ...

The snake has shiny, black scales with a white chin and throat. Young rat snakes are patterned with dark blotches on a gray background, and traces of this juvenile coloration are often visible in ...