Alligators are reptiles. All reptiles have a body covering of scaly skin. They do not have individual scales like fish do.
Scales.
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Get on the alligator's back, and press downward on its neck while covering its eyes.
Scales, and large growths along the back and tail called scutes.
Skin
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.
Sea Turtles are covered and protected by shells, similar to every other species of Turtle.
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It depends on the classification of vertebrate.Mammals have a body covering of fur, skin or hair.Birds have a body covering of feathers.Reptiles have a body covering of scaly skin.Fish have a body covering of scales.Amphibians have a body covering of moist skin.
This is the exoskeleton, or chitin, chitinous covering.
Rabbits are mammals. Mammals have a covering of skin and hair. In the case of rabbits we would call this covering skin and soft fur.