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I prolly should have shown these pictures before i commented a bit immature but if you take a look at the first pic you will know what goes on in my head and how its for me so obvious its nowhere near a jungle.

we start with an old pic when my female was 2 years and together with my adult jungle, i think this pic says enough.

2 pics from now

greats,

michiel
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1.1 Epicrates cenchria cenchria
1.0 Lampropeltis getulus californea
1.0 Morelia spilota cheynei
0.1 Morelia variegata - striped
0.0.3 Physignathus Cocincinus

In all honesty, and I'm not being funny, the snake in question looks A LOT like some wild type locales of Jungles. All jungles are not bright yellow/black, rather being yellowish tan, brown and black. It could also be a Coastal, but no one will ever know unless it has documentation, and I doubt you do. It has characteristics of both subspecies, so no one really knows what it is.

I purchased a pair of snakes in 1998 that grew up to resemble that snake in the last 2 photos. They were 1/2 coastal, 1/4 jungle, 1/4 diamond. Same colors, same patterning and both were 7-8 feet long when I sold them last year. Even the 2 stripes coming off of the head down the neck were characteristics of the male that I had and the full-body side striping were present on both of those snakes. The parents of mine were 1.0 jungle/coastal X 0.1 diamond/coastal. It is REALLY hard to tell exactly what your carpet is without knowing any infor on parents/grandparents. It is a beautiful snake nonetheless.

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Derek Roberts
Sonoran Reptile Breeders
sonoranreptile@cox.net

yea she is around 8 feet now and still growing, i hope she hits the 10 or higher
But all i really know is that my snake had been purchased from some company named anaconda.... atleast thats what the guy told me i bought her from.

greats,

michiel
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1.1 Epicrates cenchria cenchria
1.0 Lampropeltis getulus californea
1.0 Morelia spilota cheynei
0.1 Morelia McDoweli - striped
0.0.3 Physignathus Cocincinus

I read through these threads regarding your snake and I've had the same problem with my male. Some people think it's a jungle and some a coastal. It was sold to me as a "Queensland" carpet python. Which, from what I've found, usually means it's similar to the carpet pythons that can be found in the Queensland region of Australia where Coastals and Jungles can both be found and sometimes breed together. My male is over 6 feet long now and just over 2 years old and just really starting to put on some of the thickness that carpets get. I expect him to be well over the 8' mark in the next year though I doubt mine will see 10'. I plan on breeding him with a coastal female that I have mostly because I think the coastals are by far my favorite and I'm hoping that the yellow colors will get passed on the young. I don't know a whole lot about genetics so it will be a wait and see thing for me.

first of all your snake looks very nice.
our snakes have a lot in common looking at that picture.
too bad we cant put em together and pray for some babies
hehe

greats,

michiel
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1.1 Epicrates cenchria cenchria
1.0 Lampropeltis getulus californea
1.0 Morelia spilota cheynei
0.1 Morelia McDoweli - striped
0.0.3 Physignathus Cocincinus