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Yesterday I purchased this snake from a local petshop for $70. They have had it for over a month and I've been eyeballing it ever since but finally got it. They told me that they do not know what kind it is but I took pics as soon as I got home and sent them to a friend of mine who has many snake and says it looks like an Amethyst Python. Please help in finding out what type it is. The shop is located in Alhambra, Ca (LA County) and the snake is dark green with black spots all around and a very noticeable rainbow coating. It is about 3ft in length has pinstripe eyes and the airholes like on the Ball Pythons have on top are on lower jaw in the back with 2 others in very front on top, 1 on each side. Click on link for pics:

http://www.angelfire.com/goth/soulisticsinn/snake/

It's certainly not an amethystine.

It's one of the australian Antaresia pygmy pythons. A spotted python, Antaresia maculosa, I think. Full grown.

>>It's certainly not an amethystine.
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>>It's one of the australian Antaresia pygmy pythons. A spotted python, Antaresia maculosa, I think. Full grown.

It is a young adult spotted python (A. maculosa).
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Chris Harrison
San Antonio, Texas

Thats what I would say to.

>>Yesterday I purchased this snake from a local petshop for read up on pythons. Those are heat sensors
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