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Darker spots normal or not?

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Hello everyone, I'm a little new to the care of these animals, and have a question about a snake I picked up the other day. She's a very light color, Pinkish and white, and when I had her out handling her today I noticed that it seemed I could see almost through her skin to some darker areas inside of her. It reminded me of my Mediterranean Gecko, who goes almost transparent when hes active at night. My question would be, is this normal to see through to things inside of her on a snake with this skin color? Or is there something going on inside of her that I need to be worried about. The areas arent very dark, just enough to notice really, and there are several along the length of her body. No lumps, and shes acting normal (what I gather is normal, she acts the same as my other corn) Ive only handled her one other time, when I went to pick her up a week or so ago, and i didnt notice the areas then, nor when I fed her saturday.


Heres a pic of the snake in question, I tried to get some pics of what im talking about, but the only camera I have on hand is on my phone, and they dont show up in the pics it takes, like i said, they're very faint.

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With the white-snakes, being able to see heart, liver, and gallbladder as well as ingesta and fecal matter is pretty typical, I think. I know that with the blizzard I had, I could easily see through her.
 
that makes me feel better then, Like I said with my gecko you can pretty much see his entire anatomy. Just wasnt sure if it was normal with an animal so much thicker and with so much more muscle
 
I think it's pretty cool on some of the lighter animals when they're sitting still and in the correct position that you can actually watch their heart beat. (o:
 
Not only can I see organs and digestive processes in both of my snows (though much less in my older girl now), I can even see a few in my baby amel. It's perfectly normal. I'm going to have to look for the heartbeats, though!
 
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