Subcaudal scales

{{Short description|Enlarged scales on the underside of the tail in snakes}} [[Image:AB048 Scales on a snakes body.jpg|right|thumb|350px|''[[Amphiesma stolata]]'' paired subcaudal scales]] In [[snakes]], the '''subcaudal scales''' are the enlarged plates on the underside of the tail.<ref name="W&W57">[[Albert Hazen Wright|Wright AH]], [[species:Anna Allen Wright|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). {{ISBN|0-8014-0463-0}}.</ref> These scales may be either single or divided (paired) and are preceded by the [[anal scale]].

==Related scales== * [[Anal scale]] * [[Ventral scales]]

==See also== * [[Snake scales]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

[[Category:Snake scales]]