For protection, and also for help in locomotion.
to make it move faster.. it functions as it's feet..
There are a few names for snake scales - depending on where they are on the body. Some examples are: Dorsal (on top of the body), Ventral (underneath the body), Caudal (on top of the tail) and Subcaudal (underneath the tail).
thick scales
The snake's scales
The body covering of a python is known as scales. The python is a snake which has a flexible body which is covered with overlapping scales.
Quite simply because they exhibit the classic body structure of a snake - long, slender body shape, scales covering their body & no eyelids. They are also classified in the reptile family as a recognised snake species !
No, amphibians do not have scales. A snake has scales and it is a reptile.
scales, head, fangs, no legs, short tail, long, thin body!
Yes. Snakes do have scales.
No monkeys don't have scales but a reptile like a snake has scales.
I am not sure about the tail scales-but if the head of the snake is triangular it means that that particular snake hold venom in his cheeks.
no
It has scales not skin