Genetic stripe with something special?

So I thought I'd use my first post on the forum to showcase a very interesting snake I picked up about two weeks ago. Sold to me as a male genetic stripe for $99, but I'm pretty sure there's something else goin on here lol. Y'all seeing what I'm seeing? Check the gallery link below to find out! :D

http://ball-pythons.net/gallery/show...mageuser=66307

Looks like a genetic stripe with a burn scar on its head?

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doesn't look look het Scaleless to me. i think it might be damage from a very old rat bite.

So what is it you see?

I dont see a rat or burn scar..... How old is that snake?
Look like its been rubbing a lot.

Has he shed since you've had him?


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I have to agree looks like a older wound of some sort not anything special

I do love the stripe, but I have to agree that's a scar of some sort, most likely a rub.

I have to admit, at first I was thinking some sort of scar as well but as I looked closer, it all seemed a little too clean. For example, sheds getting stuck around the perimeter of the spot... not an issue with this male vs other animals I've seen with known scars. He just had his first shed with me and it all came off flawless with a simple clean bald spot between scales, as opposed to the shed kind of falling apart around the area. Also, a close inspection of the scales themselves yields a kind of smoothness at the edge consistent with close up shots of scaleless heads I've seen. I doubt it's really coming through on the pics (which I'm gonna try for better ones to show you guys what I mean), but the thing that really had me is compared to scaleless, the edges upon inspection reveal partial scales in the area, as in not fully formed... something I've seen in detail on scaleless heads.

As for the animals history, He's about the same size as a 2015 male cinnamon I have, (though not as girthy), so I would figure a year or two old tops. He was already on frozen / thawed when I found him.

weird. looks like someone put a cigarette out on the top of it's head :confusd:

It's scar tissue from where it was trying to get a shed off and rubbed the top of his head raw. I sold two ball pythons to someone local that decided to take the cheap way out on housing, and had them in a tub bungee corded on lid with a heat pad with no way to regulate the temp. Tubs got over heated and the humidity dropped down low, both snakes had the same scaring after a couple of sheds. Both snakes have been turned over to a new responsible owner, and are doing good. They have complete sheds and none gets stuck around the scar tissue.

Wishful thinking it's not a scaleless head, no recessive scaleless head have been produced at this time and this one is definitely not one of them, this comes from rubbing most likely or who knows what.

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Well I guess that clears it all up! Honestly had no idea an injury like that would heal over so clean.... come to think of of it this is my first ball to have one so no wonder I didn't recognize it. Thanks for all the input guys n gals, nice to have the mystery solved! :)