Hey all! I have been searching through the archives for over and for definitions and explainations of the significance of a "ringer" and have not been able to find any answers.....

I see a lot of advertisements that say 'normal female with ringer' or "spider with ringer' etc.....I thought (please correct me if I am wrong!) that a "ringer" was a white or yellow obvious mark on a het pied snake that is a "marker" or "sign" that is is het pied......

But I see all types of morphs with "ringers" that are not advertised as het pied.....as an example in your photo....is that female het pied? so her "ringer" is her het pied marker?

I guess my questions are:
#1 is a yellow ringer and a white ringer the same thing?

#2 does a "ringer" only signify if a snake is het pied?

#3 if not, then what is the significance of other 'ringers'

Examples:
http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/foru...ghlight=ringer (this does not say anything about the snake being a possible het pied...?)

http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/foru...ghlight=ringer
(how about this one? is she just a normal? or are they insinuating that she may be het pied?)

http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/foru...ghlight=ringer
(this one is 50% het pied....but because of the ringer that probably means he IS het pied?)

http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/foru...ghlight=ringer

Ok I think you all get the idea. I just purchased a pastel 100% het pied with a MAJOR ringer (so much so that we thought he *could* be a pied, just the most minimally white pied EVER, haha, but really is just a ringer)


I would just appreciate some "Ringer 101" info....thanks all!