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==Skin adaptations and cutaneous appendages==
 
==Skin adaptations and cutaneous appendages==
 
*[[Snake Eye|Spectacles]] - they are clear scales over the eyes of snakes.
 
*[[Snake Eye|Spectacles]] - they are clear scales over the eyes of snakes.
*[[Snake Special Senses|Heat sensory pits]] (infrared-sensitive receptors) - they are deep grooves between the nares and the [[Snake Eye|eye]] of [[Pit viper|pit vipers]], [[Pythoninae|pythons]] and some [[Boidae|boas]] which allow them to 'see' the radiated heat of their prey.  These pits can also be found on the upper lip, just below the nares, termed 'labial pits'.
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*[[Snake Special Senses|Heat sensory pits]] (infrared-sensitive receptors) - they are deep grooves between the nares and the [[Snake Eye|eye]] of [[Pit viper|pit vipers]], [[Pythoninae|pythons]] and some [[Boidae|boas]] which allow them to 'see' the radiated heat of their prey.  These pits can also be found on the upper lip, just below the nares, and are termed 'labial pits'.
 
*Rattle - it is present in some snakes and used to warn predators.  It is enlarged with each [[Snake Shedding|shed]].
 
*Rattle - it is present in some snakes and used to warn predators.  It is enlarged with each [[Snake Shedding|shed]].
 
*Gastrosteges - they are a single row of large ventral scales in snakes that aid [[Snake Locomotion|locomotion]].
 
*Gastrosteges - they are a single row of large ventral scales in snakes that aid [[Snake Locomotion|locomotion]].
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