most of the serious herp keepers in Australia are like that, trying to keep their locales 'pure'. Many of the really widespread animals here, even if they aren't separated by subspecies, are known by locale, so when someone says 'I have a St George mulga snake and am looking for a mate' most other mulga keepers will have a fair idea what it looks like.

Most people I know that keep blackheaded pythons here keep their locales separate and can tell you the individual patterns of the different locales.

With monitors, some people I know are careful to match locales, others less so. Lace monitors vary a fair bit so you'll sometimes see the locale being mentioned and heath monitors (Varanus rosenbergi) come from isolated pockets so there is usually some effort put into keeping the locales pure.

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