Significance of a "ringer"?

[Clint Bundy]

I have recently bought 2 ball pythons that apper to me have the ringer spots on them. I will try to post some pics later of each of them. What would classify a snake to have a "ringer" on them? This is just one of the things that I have never gotten a clear answer on so I don't know if these 2 snakes are considered to have ringers on them or not. Does this mean anything for breeding?

[Jyson]

Ringers, if I remember correctly, are non-genetic; it just sorta pops up from time to time.

Ringers usually have a spot on the side of their bodies with white creeping up, and/or an orange ring wrapping around that area, hence "ringer". The amount of white varies from snake to snake, some have alot, some have hardly any.

[kb1290]

Piebalds and Ringers -
http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=45735

This should help.