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This is a two yr. old female named Bullseye, that we've been raising up since she was a baby. Her sister ("Yellowtail"has very reduced black in her pattern towards her tail and has been that way from day one. But Bullseye seems to be losing the black in the same areas just in the last shed or two. The previously black scales are beginnig to take on a lavendar hue. I hope she keeps it up.
If all goes well, she may be breedable by 2005. But that may be a bit of a stretch. We'll have to wait and see.
Hope ya like!

-Yasser
Spitfire Reptiles

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Yasser,

She is gorgeous!!! Do IJs typically have darker coloration on the head and neck area and fade to the tail? I am curious if this is common are if it makes your girl unique? I REALLY like the look of Bullseye's pattern.

TIA, just curious,
ToddG
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1.1 Balls - Male het/albino, Female 66% het/albino
***Fingers crossed for next season!!!***

Todd,
Most IJs are typically darker overall, not just in the head and neck. But those that are very light in color overall are still somewhat darker in the head and neck area. But at the same time, the faded tail that Bullseye and her sister have is somewhat unusual. Who really knows. As time goes by, more and more good looking IJs will be produced and perhaps this faded tail pattern will become much more of the norm. Soon we will be breeding her back to her half brother and perhaps we'll end up with more like Bullseye and her sister. I'll get a pic of Yellowtail and you can see her tail too.

-Yasser
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This is Yellowtail, the one I mentioned in the other post. She has always had a reduction of black in the tail since she was just a baby. I am growing more and more excited with both of these girls!

-Yasser
Spitfire Reptiles

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Odd, the pic of the sister's tail region has a "ghost" like appearance when compared with the opposite end. Once these mate it will be interesting to see whether or not the effect remains dormant hereditarily. Does the color/pattern of an IJ aid in determining localities for this particular species? I seem to remember reading that IJs are from one certain island off of Australia's coast which the snake is named after, so I am not sure if my question holds relevance.

I enjoyed the pics. Both of them are beautiful animals.

ToddG
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1.1 Balls - Male het/albino, Female 66% het/albino
***Fingers crossed for next season!!!***

IJs come from a very large land mass north of Australia called New Guinea. This island is split into two countries. On the east side is the country of Papua New Guinea and to the west is Irian Jaya. IJs are found in only a couple coastal locales along the south coast. The most commonly represented locale is Merauke. Locality differences have not be documented as those from just one locale have shown to have much variance just as with locales of Australian carpets.
The two I posted are both females whose father originated from the first IJs brought into the USA back in the early 90s. But I do have their half brothers to breed them to someday. Those males are both offspring from the same male as the ones above but a different mother that was also from the same line of first group of imports. I hope I didn't lose ya there.
So eventually we may be able to get more of these IJs with such light colored tails, and perhaps not just their tails!
If you have any other Qs, feel free to ask.

-Yasser
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Let Me say this Nice IJ's, I like all carpets except IJ's I normally am not interested in those but if there babies turn out like those I may just be interested lol. Good Luck with those, I got a High Pink Brisbane Female and a very very light normal male (both Coastals) should be bred in the next two years or so.