Snake's Vent
This is more of an Anatomy 101 question than a health question, but this seemed like the best place to ask: What does a corn snake's vent look like? It sounds like a stupid question (and may be one), but what I have thought was the vent on my two-month-old's belly (a small, centimeter-or-so-long "slit" running the same direction as the body a few inches from the tip of his tail) doesn't really look like the pictures I've seen of various snakes' vents (a pronounced "overlap" of ventral scales in about the same spot). So what am I seeing? Some embryonic leftover from his pre-hatchling days that will go away after a few sheddings, or what? I haven't really tried to pin him down to take an extra-close look, since it seems to stress him out, but I thought I'd go ahead and ask you folks, since this has been bugging the you-know-what out of me.
Aside from having a distracted owner, he seems to be a happy, healthy, "natural phase" corn snake. Eats well, drinks well, poops well.
Any info any of you could provide would be greatly appreciated.
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