Actually, the ID based on scalation is pertinent here. If I'm not mistaken, the original poster doesn't know exactly what he has in that snake he posted pictures of. Although the animal certainly looks like an Indian Python, the simple fact is that there are precious few Indian Pythons in the US that haven't got some Burmese blood in them. While the subocular scale obviously won't ID Indian vs Sri Lankan, it will let him know if his python has any Burmese blood, regardless of appearances. An Indian that has Burm blood in it will usually have the Burm subocular on one side of it's head, and the other side will not have the subocular. While it's really no big deal unless the owner intends to breed it, at least that will give the snake a firmer ID. Just my .02



Vinny

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• What have I got here? - srsb, Mon Jun 30 06:12:41 2008
• RE: What have I got here? - herpsltd, Mon Jun 30 06:30:15 2008
• RE: subocular scale? - DMexotics, Mon Jun 30 21:53:17 2008
• RE: subocular scale? - herpsltd, Tue Jul 1 05:19:42 2008
• EXACTLY!!...LOL! - DMong, Tue Jul 1 09:16:56 2008
• RE: EXACTLY!!...LOL! - VinnyButch, Tue Jul 1 10:40:33 2008
• The rest of the story - srsb, Tue Jul 1 11:45:44 2008
• RE: The rest of the story - herpsltd, Tue Jul 1 14:04:40 2008
• RE: The rest of the story - PHFaust, Sun Jul 6 11:11:05 2008
• RE: subocular scale? - srsb, Tue Jul 1 07:08:32 2008
• RE: subocular scale? - srsb, Tue Jul 1 15:50:12 2008
• RE: What have I got here? - dsreptiel, Sat Jul 5 16:47:44 2008