Serpentes Species Basic Info (Physical Characteristics)

•  All Serpentes have a scaled body, are cold blooded (meaning we do not generate our own heat), have long bodies, tails and necks as well as two arms with three fingers each.
• The scales on our front section are long and thick.
• The scales on our backs and rest of our bodies are smaller and overlap each other.
• Our necks tend to be equal in length to our torso.
• Females of our species tend to have longer tails than the males
• Our eyes are slightly pointed forward.
• Most of us have large jaws and a mouth full of sharp teeth.
• Our fingers are rather stubby and our arms tend not to be very strong.
• Our bodies are flexible and can grab more tightly onto things much better then our arms ever could.
• We all have a forked tongue that we use to pick up on things around us that others may be unable to.
• Unlike Vulpes and Aves we do not have eyelids, instead we have a thin, transparent scale that covers our eyes. We can still furrow our brows though.
• Because of our scales and cold blood we don’t sweat, when we get hot we tend to get more energy, however they only way to cool off is by panting.
• Some claim that we don’t feel sadness becuse we don’t cry, but  we simply don’t cry because we lack the physical ability to do so.

(For common mistakes made when drawing the Serpentes species see splash page here)

For a general idea for how to interact with an Serpentes and their social life see the Social Characteristics page.