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Interesting scale pigment

brianm616 Sep 17, 2012 08:07 PM

or lack of.

This guy just shed for the first time. He's got these areas lacking melanin on several of his rings, body-wide.

Anyone seen this before?

Replies (3)

DMong Sep 17, 2012 11:24 PM

Cool void of melanin on your Sinaloan there!

I've seen similar pigment voids on different types of snakes in the past, but I can't say that I've ever seen those particular types of melanin voids on a Sinaloan before. Very interesting, and I would see about making that a breeding project for sure..

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

serpentinespecialties.webs.com

brianm616 Sep 17, 2012 11:43 PM

Ugg. I was already planning on keeping this male back from that clutch.

Two male holdbacks from one clutch. Hooray.

DMong Sep 18, 2012 01:05 AM

Well, that would of course be another great holdback too..LOL!

Interesting pinner/vanished qualities along with the nice low RBR count..

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

serpentinespecialties.webs.com

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