I have what I believed to be a baby C. c. carinata that I purchased a few months back. I was completely sure of it's taxonomy up until last night.

I won the raffle at my Herp Society's meeting last night, and one of the choices was a pair of Candoias, which I promptly bagged up. I could tell from their size that they were C. c. paulsoni. When I got home, I compared them all closely, and dang if that little one doesn't look like a "Mini-me" of the others, aside from the pattern.

I guess my question is: How can I be sure if I have a Carinata or a baby Paulsoni??

Here are a couple pictures (already posted before, sorry!) of the little girl in question:








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Diego

Diego & Tiffany's Zoo:
SNAKES
4.4 Corn Snakes (Different morphs)
1.0.0 Boa Constrictor
0.1.0 Dumeril's Boa
0.1.0 Tangerine Honduran Milksnake
1.0.0 Honduran Milksnake
0.1.0 Mexican Black Kingsnake
1.1.0 Ball Pythons
0.0.1 Ribbon Snake
0.0.2 Rosy Boas (Mid Baja & Baja)
0.1.0 Pueblan Milksnake
1.2.0 Kenyan Sand Boas
1.0.0 Western Hognose
1.2.0 Solomon Island Boas
1.1.0 Gray Banded Kingsnakes (River Road)
0.0.1 Desert Phase Kingsnake
LIZARDS
1.0.0 Frilled Dragon
3.1.0 Bearded Dragons (2 Normal, 1 RedXGold, 1 Citrus)
0.1.0 Eastern Collared Lizard
0.1.0 Merauke Blue Tongue Skink
1.0.0 Turquoise Sunburst Veiled Chameleon
1.0.3 Leopard Geckos
1.1.0 Yellow Niger Uromastyx

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