I've got a striped carpet python of some sort and it's either a Coastal Carpet or an Irian Jaya and the only way for me to tell for sure is by scale counts, but I haven't been able to find what the proper scale counts should be? Does anyone know them or know of a place I could find them?? I'm sure people will ask for pictures and in the pictures it looks like a Coastal Carpet but I need to be 110% sure because I'm probably going to sell him and there's a significant price difference between the two. I don't need requests to see pictures, I just need to know the scale counts or how to find them. Any help would be appreciated and thanks again.
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1.0 Anery Columbian Redtail Boa
1.0 Striped Coastal Carpet/Irian Jaya Carpet Python
0.1 Gray Banded Kingsnake
1.1 Ball Pythons
1.0 Sunglow Striped Corn
1.2 Leopard Geckos (Albino, Severe Reduced Patter, Carrot tail)
1.1 Pugs (Male-Fawn, Female-Black)
Various Fish
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Need Scale Counts
vtrescuekid
Oct 07, 2005 09:49 PM
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Scott Eipper
Oct 10, 2005 07:07 AM
Rescue,
Big problem...there are no scale counts....also the striping in carpets 99% of the time is a defect caused by incubation temperature and it does'nt travel along the genes.]
Generally speaking if its an older adult (6 plus years) and it is well over 7 ft it won't be a darwin/Irian Jayan (M.s.variegata) it will be a Coastal. Head shape can be a clue as well.
Regards,
Scott Eipper
