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Do snakes have hard skin

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9y ago
Updated: 8/21/2019

That depends on the species! Snakes with keeled scales can feel very rough to the touch (which is when they have a ridge in the middle of each scale), but many snakes have very soft, smooth skin, although still bumpy from the scales.

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