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When I got him he looked kinda unique to me, but after doing some looking online I am thinking he may be a CA/Trini/ruschenbergerii. He has an enormous head and his dorsal scales look bigger than a typical ATB's. Any comments welcomed as I do not have enough experience with the rusch's to make a positive judgement. Billy

His color fits in with the whole Trinidad/Tobago morphology as well......

>>When I got him he looked kinda unique to me, but after doing some looking online I am thinking he may be a CA/Trini/ruschenbergerii. He has an enormous head and his dorsal scales look bigger than a typical ATB's. Any comments welcomed as I do not have enough experience with the rusch's to make a positive judgement. Billy
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>>His color fits in with the whole Trinidad/Tobago morphology as well......
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>>>>When I got him he looked kinda unique to me, but after doing some looking online I am thinking he may be a CA/Trini/ruschenbergerii. He has an enormous head and his dorsal scales look bigger than a typical ATB's. Any comments welcomed as I do not have enough experience with the rusch's to make a positive judgement. Billy
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That might very well be a corallus ruschenbergerii from Trinidad/Tobago itself. A good indicator for this species are it's huge scales compared to ATB or any other corallus species.

Ruschis from Trinidad/Tobago do have this pale mustard, many times light to dark brown coloration. They also lack the typical rhomb pattern and the very obvious black tail which is always present in mainland forms.

Good luck with it, certainly one of the more interesting corallus species...