Coastal/inland carpets difference in appearance

[telefrag]

Originally Posted by Wrasse

I imagine most US bred would be of the species - morelia spilota mixupas, as due to the amount of confusion shown here amongst keepers, It doesn't look like any bloodlines will have been followed with great care. Not knocking anyone, but as the species were not properly defined anyway when first exported, and then the subspecies keep changing, it would be near on impossible to know for sure what a bloodline carries or where the original animals were first captured.

thats what I was always under the impression of.
we have no idea if the carpets in the US are pure mcdowelli, if thats the case, ive never seen one that big. females... 7-8 ft tops.

the size seems more like variegata,metcalfi,etc...

[Ravnos]

I do know I've seen some supposedly pure chenyei and they are easily twice the size of my adults or any others that I have seen withouth a "pedigree". While the color isn't a whole lot different, the size is a big difference which leads me to believe the species we commonly know as jungle carpets are probably actually just exceptional variegata or some variant of mutt therein.

Rav

[bensnacks]

I would has it as a guess that the majority of carpets exported
from Oz would have been mcdowelli simply because of availibilty
and ease of collection. They are common on the eastern seaboard
in urban areas.
They are also by far the most commonly kept carpet in Australia.

P.S. refering to variegata as a 'queensland carpet' is way off the
mark as they don't occur in this state.

[Ravnos]

My guess is that most of the exports we've seen in the US for the last couple of decades have come from Irian Jaya and the islands, the original AU bloodlines are few and far between.

Rav

[Ed_r]

Well I just won the Barker's book on Oz Pythons on ebay . So hopefully in a few days I'll have a clue how to tell them apart when i see them.

Hey Ben How bout grabbin me a nice big female, label the box fruits or something like that.lol

[Wrasse]

Originally Posted by Ed_r

Well I just won the Barker's book on Oz Pythons on ebay . So hopefully in a few days I'll have a clue how to tell them apart when i see them.

Hey Ben How bout grabbin me a nice big female, label the box fruits or something like that.lol

Label it 'Apples'.

[bensnacks]

'She'll be apples!' hehehe

Sorry Ed no can do!,. It goes against my principles, not as a 'law
abiding citizen', I've never been accused of such a thing, but as a
conservationist.!

[morti]

AAARRRGGGHHH! This is why I don't have a house full of carpets. I can look at then and say "That's a carpet" and that is about it.