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ok all,
here we go i got a pair of these at on a trade at a show last month, now doing my homework with them, the female is gravid, i was looking through the barker's book, "pythons of the world", and now since i have little experience with these am not 100% on the type of snake they are, are these dark maculosa's or are they childreni's ?, any help would be greatas i am expecting babies and would like to sell them as what they rightfully are,
thanks ahead for the help
jc

have a look at Hoser's 1981 paper - AUSTRALIAN PYTHONS (PART 2)
THE SMALLER LIASIS

http://www.smuggled.com/auspyt2.htm

It offers some pretty good descriptions.
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>>ok all,
>>here we go i got a pair of these at on a trade at a show last month, now doing my homework with them, the female is gravid, i was looking through the barker's book, "pythons of the world", and now since i have little experience with these am not 100% on the type of snake they are, are these dark maculosa's or are they childreni's ?, any help would be greatas i am expecting babies and would like to sell them as what they rightfully are,
>>thanks ahead for the help
>>jc
>>

Ray Miller used to have a page up, that I can't find now. That showed specific head scalation for the different species. Off the top of my head I would say they look more like spotteds to me. Several folks told me that there are a lot of integrades out there. Can you get closeups of the tops of their heads?
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Sonya

Haven't we warned you about tampering with the structure of a chaotic system?
Mrs. Neutron

I think they are maculosa. They are too dark for childreni and most childreni don't show that much pattern in adulthood.
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Chris Harrison

n/p