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Yours are definitely H. gigas. The juveniles of the two species are fairly similar, but whereas bicinctus retain their juvenile pattern (and basically look like tricolor kings), adult gigas look quite different - exactly like yours, in fact 
The obvious distinguishing character in adults is that in H. bicinctus, the dorsal crossbands extend forward all the way to the neck, whereas in adult H. gigas, the top of the neck is largely plain, as shown very clearly in your specimen.
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WW
>>going by Bill's page, that is who I got them by. check it out or call him;
>>http://www.snakemuseum.com/cobra.htm
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>>I am sure with the way things are going with DNA studies today, they will all be classified under the same eventually...LOL!
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RE: Definitely gigas, not bicinctus n/p - WW, Tue Oct 30 07:00:10 2007