Making the world better, one answer at a time. A snake skin is shiny, lustrous scales may appear wet, in reality the snake's skin feels like a leather belt or a pair of patent leather shoes, smooth, dry, silky and satiny.No their skin is not sticky nor slimy.plit and merge into it. Answered by The Community. Making the world better, one answer at a time. A snake skin is shiny, lustrous scales may appear wet, in reality the snake's skin feels like a leather belt or a pair of patent leather shoes, smooth, dry, silky and satiny. No their skin is not sticky nor slimy.