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  2. Snake scale - Wikipedia

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    The dorsal (or body) scales on the snake's body are arranged in rows along the length of their bodies. Adjacent rows are diagonally offset from each other. Most snakes have an odd number of rows across the body though certain species have an even number of rows e.g. Zaocys spp. [ 8 ] In the case of some aquatic and marine snakes, the scales are ...

  3. Snake - Wikipedia

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    The snake is in fact responding to the movement of the flute, not the sound it makes, as snakes lack external ears (though they do have internal ears). [ 131 ] The Wildlife Protection Act of 1972 in India technically prohibits snake charming on the grounds of reducing animal cruelty.

  4. Reptile scale - Wikipedia

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    In many cases the cast skin peels backward over the body from head to tail, in one piece like an old sock. A new, larger, and brighter layer of skin has formed underneath. [5] [7] An older snake may shed its skin only once or twice a year, but a younger snake that is still growing may shed up to four times a year. [7]

  5. Allen's rule - Wikipedia

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    Allen's rule - Hare and its ears on the Earth [1]. Allen's rule is an ecogeographical rule formulated by Joel Asaph Allen in 1877, [2] [3] broadly stating that animals adapted to cold climates have shorter and thicker limbs and bodily appendages than animals adapted to warm climates.

  6. Portal:Reptiles - Wikipedia

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    Originally living as far away from its current range as Japan, the species previously had a wide range and population, but beginning in 6000 BC, multiple threats, such as habitat destruction, caused the species' population and range to decline. The population in the wild was about 1,000 in the 1970s, decreased to below 130 in 2001, and grew ...

  7. Know your WA snakes: How to avoid a venomous bite, and ... - AOL

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    The snakes typically range between 18 inches and four feet long. A western rattlesnake basks in a terrarium. Western rattlesnakes’ venom stuns or kills their prey such as mice, squirrels ...

  8. How vets make anesthesia safer and how you need to keep your ...

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    Watch out for snakes! With warming weather, snakes are coming out of brumation, a type of hibernation, increasing pets’ risk of encountering them. Not all snakes are venomous, but a bite can ...

  9. Northern redbelly snake - Wikipedia

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    Like all species of the genus Storeria, the northern redbelly snake has keeled dorsal scales and no loreal scale. [4] Some specimens have been found with three black dots on the top of the head. [citation needed] Adults grow to 20–28 cm (7.9–11.0 in) in total length. [5] Northern redbelly snake