It would be difficult to tell exactly what happened to that snake. He appears to have other scars on him as well. Maybe fungal or maybe traumatic???

First of all, quarantine this animal from the rest of the collection to the best of your ability. If you want more advice on this I can email you some info. It is probably not contagious but you should do this with ALL new animals and especially questionable ones.

Take good care of him and see if he heals up. He may not change at all if it is scar tissue or congenital defect.

If he remains healthy and unchanged you can keep the snake in the regular collection but I would discourage breeding him. It would be very hard to tell if those deformities were defects or injuries. A good vet and an x ray might be able to tell you more.

You could also try to contact the seller to see if he has any more information about the animal.

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