Situated under the tail; placed on the under side of the tail: as, subcaudal chevron-bones; the subcaudal scutes, or urosteges, of a snake.Not quite caudal or terminal; situated near the tail or tail-end; subterminal.n. That which is subcaudal; specifically, in herpetology, a urostege; one of the special scutes upon the under side of the tail of a serpent.