I bought a male Dumeril's this weekend to go with my female as a breeding pair (When they're grown of course.) When handling him today I discovered that he has what I can only describe as a piebald spot on his..Chin? It's on his head underside. I noticed it and was very afraid that he had scales missing, upon inspection I realized they were pigment-less scales. Has anyone seen a Dumeril's with pigment-less scales before? How will this affect breeding, prices etc if it is passed on. I am aware that most, if not all Dumeril's at this point are related, does that increase the possibility that she could also carry this mutation? I acquired these snakes at different times, different breeders, different states to *hopefully* get them fairly unrelated.

This is not uncommon or unusual, both our male and female Dumerils have this patch to which you refer, but yes I thought the same as you at first about the missing scales

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