As we know, scaleless rat snakes can have quite a few scales to almost none dorsally. For those who have bred them, I'm curious to know if this appears to be just genetic variation and the individuals with fewer scales can be selectively bred (kind of like whitesided rats with little to no lateral pattern) or if incubation temperature might play a role? I doubt anyone has split a clutch to compare groups incubated at 2 different temperatures, but thought anecdotal evidence might shed some light if anyone cares to weigh in?
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Degrees of scaleless-ness?
Kevin Saunders
Nov 13, 2012 10:08 PM
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Bluerosy
Sep 02, 2013 08:26 PM
That is a great question and one I would like to know the answers to as well.
based on the non-response. I gather there aren't to many folks working with scaleless rats . (at least on this forum)
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