now i think i have the terminology right. the wound starts where the bottom of the anal plate meets the subcaudal scales and it is maybe 1/8 of an inch toward the dorsal scales and maybe 1/2 inch on the ventral/subcaudal scales. after a closer look at the would it actually took one side of the subcuadal scales the ones right after the anal plate and i think you can see the cloaca just a bit but i am almost certain it barely missed it

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and the cut is deep considering it went through scale and skin to muscle but its not very deep in the muscle at all but i put some iodine on it last night and she did not mind so i'm hoping she is not in much pain