# Subcaudal scales

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Enlarged scales on the underside of the tail in snakes

*[Amphiesma stolata](/source/Amphiesma_stolata)* paired subcaudal scales

In [snakes](/source/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](/source/Anal_scale).

## Related scales

- [Anal scale](/source/Anal_scale)

- [Ventral scales](/source/Ventral_scales)

## See also

- [Snake scales](/source/Snake_scales)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-W&W57_1-0)** [Wright AH](/source/Albert_Hazen_Wright), [Wright AA](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Anna_Allen_Wright) (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). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-8014-0463-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8014-0463-0).

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