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Looking for pics of this locale other than Herp. Indo. and D&J. If possible a pic of the head from above (close up for scale study) also of body. I am looking for a male. If anyone has one available contact me at xeropaga1@yahoo.com or 970-282-9301
Kevin

Check out Freek Nuyt's page for pics of pure bred Lereh's and their offspring:

www.fnreptiles.com
The Green Dream

Thank you. I have been to Freeks site. It seems I have exhausted all the info the web has to offer. Let me know of any breeders here in the US working toward propagation. Little info seems to be available. I would guess this is because they are rare. I have heard impoters say they go thru imports and put a locality to an animal based on nothing but pattern. Do you think it is possible to ID them on scalaition. THe female I possess I believe to be pure locale She was puchaced along with male as hatchlings directly from D&J REptiles who assured me they were of pure locale. The male died of heat exhaution a month after I got him (my fault). I'm not sure how they sexed them but I probed the dead male and bingo. The female latter proved to be accurately sexed as well. Any who, the female tuned out wonderful. She is a gentel pig. She deserves a mate. One other pointe of interest was her ontogentic change. She went from yellow with a full red stripe to green and blue in less than one day with no juvie color by the next morning. I wonder if this is representative of this locale, dietary, or just something that occationally happens. Ok, one more question. Why are they not being succesfully bred her in the US?
Has anyone had luck yet? I know the locale has been around for more than enough time.
Some one please shed some light for me and find me a male so I can give it a chance.
Kevin 970-282-9301
xeropaga1@yahoo.com

I think your putting to much enphasis on locale. This is from greg maxwell's website: http://www.finegtps.com/Geographic_races.html
Mainland chondros are far more variable than the two island races. New Guinea is large and rugged, and there are many populations of GTPs that are not geographically isolated from each other. This results in the blending of traits, making mainland animals more difficult to describe and identify.

Several mainland towns have lent their names to chondro "localities", but in fact these are simply human population centers where the collection and exportation of the pythons have been facilitated. Sorong and Jayapura are two commonly used names, and "Sorong" has come to be closely identified with certain mainland traits. PNG is used to designate animals believed to have their roots from the Papaua New Guinea side of the Island country. (Irian Jaya, the western half of the island, is now called West Papua.)

The only way to know an exact locale is to go out collect the animal and GPS the cordinates.

Many so-called locality names have popped up in recent years, primarily in Internet reptile classified ads. Usually these dealers have low credibility, do a quick sidestep of any questions about documentation, and some become openly hostile that questions are even asked. Among these names are Wamena, Lereh, Karubaga, Nabire, Cyclops, and Bokondini. While these are all actual places, not all of them relate to unique GTP populations-thats from Greg Maxwells sight also. Really the main point is the locale names applied are not always a unique population of GTP. Just a name applied by some individual. Like i said before unless there is documentation on the locale where the animal was exactly pulled from a tree from then you can never be sure.