A snake’s scales are a highly recognizable element of snakeskin and are hard and glossy in an adult snake. But during development, the architecture of snake scales is underlain with a dense network of ...

Found on the faces of species like pit vipers, these organs let snakes detect warm-blooded prey, even in the dark. They can "see" like a thermal camera. These transparent scales, or spectacles ...

The jugular vein is typically located by counting nine ventral scales cranial ... restraining the snake should be proficient and should hold the snake's head and the caudal two-thirds of its ...