earlier today before parts of this thread were removed. To summarize, it was my opinion that Vinny's hypo burmese that he posted photos of about a week ago was actually a hybrid. The dark stripe on top of the head not reaching the end of the snout, the classical P. m. molurus mid-body dorsal blotches, and the characteristic yellow background color all on the same snake are highly indicative of a bivittatus X molurus hybrid. And to clarify further, I also believe that the P. m. molurus parent was of Sri Lanka origin.



To answer your other question, in Sri Lanka molurus, the 6th supralabial scale on the upper lip is in direct contact with the orbit of the eye. This can be the 6th or 7th supralabial scale with Indian pythons. In the burmese python, supralabial scales are always separated from the orbit of the eye by a row of small subocular scales. What I do not know is this scale configuration with one of these hybrids, as I have never had the chance to examine one. I would be really interested in a close-up photo of the eye area of this python.



Kelly

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