Quote Originally Posted by cornball252 View Post
looks like a ugly pastel to me.. not sure though breed it to see if it is.
Isn't one of the defining characteristics of a pastel it's blushing? This snake has almost no blushing and seems to be almost solid black or at most has the fading of a normal. The area that is seeing blushing is the pattern, which doesn't happen normally in a pastel (or at least isn't part of the traits commonly associated with pastels).