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Can you tell Im happy?
first woma stuck its head out sometime today, came home from work too see the first of the year. details and pics to follow.
12 more to go....

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Cheers
Lateralis
"I would rather be precisely wrong than approximately right"
Marion "Doc" Ford

I am sure you are on cloud 9!!! I will be looking forward to seeing some pics of carrot tops poking out of eggs!!!
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Ben
www.australianaddiction.com

Thanks Ben, they are neat snakes for sure, the clutch was a nice size (14eggs) a big one for my girl. I'll post some pics soon.
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Cheers
Lateralis
"I would rather be precisely wrong than approximately right"
Marion "Doc" Ford

Congrats!!!! Hope you get a pile of them!

One question as I am new today here....are Womas and Black heads the same animal? Or can you explain the difference? Thanks for your time, Andy Federico
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Womas and Blackheads are different species.
Womas are Aspidites ramsayi, whereas Blackheads are Aspidites melanocephalus.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe these are the only two species within the genus Aspidites, which is characterized by lacking the labial (lower lip) heat-sensing pits.
The two species can easily be identified by the characteristic black head of Aspidites melanocephalus, as the common name (Blackheaded Python) and species name (melano = black, cephal = head, ie black head) suggest.
Womas lack this black head, but tend to have darker markings just dorsal to the eyes (just above the eyes).
The body patterns do tend to be somewhat similar between the two species however.

Thanks for answering a newbie!!!!! I have got to get me a pair of Black heads! Those things Rock! I just saw them in the new issue of reptiles mag. they have a whole article on them...but they looked like womas to me because I am not used to them...great animals though. Thanks Andy
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