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Rick_Albig
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 Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 1:35 pm Post subject: Southern Scrub Python (Morelia clastolepis) |
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Here is a stunning male Southern Scrub i picked up last night from Barrym (cheers mate!)
He is around 10' and full of the usual Scrub attitude!
Enjoy!
Rick
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robuk
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Gorgeous looking scrub. Certainly looks like a southern, but I think he'll fall into the Amethistina complex rather than Clastolepis.
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Rick_Albig
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| MJ wrote: | Stunning mate  Did Phil cry when he saw his personality?  |
Hahaha, he stayed well clear! I think we both s**t ourselves whn we were driving home down the M6 at 2.30am and i felt him crawl up my arm  He was still in the douvet cover thank god but had managed to rear up about 2.5' and brush agains me! All entertaining stuff!
| robuk wrote: | | Gorgeous looking scrub. Certainly looks like a southern, but I think he'll fall into the Amethistina complex rather than Clastolepis |
Thanks for that male! I am not really trhat well up on the Scrub complex! Guess i have some research to do!
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Rick_Albig
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Just had a quick look and found this.
http://www.moreliasnake.com/article001.php
If you look at the scale configuration on the heads of the my animal and the one in the picture it would suggest he was a Tanimbar-Island Python Morelia nauta rather than a M amethistina.
Any thaughts?
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Phil1988
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| Rick_Albig wrote: | | MJ wrote: | | Stunning mate Did Phil cry when he saw his personality? |
Hahaha, he stayed well clear! I think we both s**t ourselves whn we were driving home down the M6 at 2.30am and i felt him crawl up my arm He was still in the douvet cover thank god but had managed to rear up about 2.5' and brush agains me! All entertaining stuff!
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yeah I did stay well back when he was being taken out of the viv! I made sure I was right next to the window in case I needed to get out quick!
And yeah that did make my heart stop when you jumped when it touched your arm, I thought it had got out haha, all in all a fun trip though! |
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robuk
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| I'm no expert on the subject and not too good on scalation, but based on the size and to an extent, markings, I'd still lean towards a southern. In any case, he's a really nice animal. Where is Jon Griffin when you need him? |
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salvator
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Stunner! A totally underrated species in my opinion. Hopefully with more being bred now the bad reputation of the WCs will slowly die out- similar to old retic beliefs on temperament.
Being a Male at 10' he's too big to be a Tanimbar. I think you're spot on with Southern Scrub.
Any breeding plans with him as of yet?
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Rick_Albig
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Cheers everyone!
| salvator wrote: | Stunner! A totally underrated species in my opinion. Hopefully with more being bred now the bad reputation of the WCs will slowly die out- similar to old retic beliefs on temperament.
Being a Male at 10' he's too big to be a Tanimbar. I think you're spot on with Southern Scrub.
Any breeding plans with him as of yet?
Regards Laurie |
Could not agree more! I would love to breed him. Just need to find myself a nice big female southern! If any one knows of any available please let me know
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Internet has been terrible here for a week...but its has been very sunny...lol...
It does look like a southern bar neck, but occasionally you do get a scrub from the northern islands of aru which look similar.
My bet is it is a merauke/southern bar neck(although yours doesnt have very prominent neck bars)
Very nice looking animal.
Do you know if he is a cb?
Try to get hold of a copy the below paper, some parts missing and the genetics work a bit unrefined but a very interesting read with some nice descriptions of most scrub pythons.
SYSTEMATICS OF PYTHONS OF THE MORELIA AMETHISTINA COMPLEX (SERPENTES: BOIDAE) WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF THREE NEW SPECIES
Michael B. Harvey1, David G. Barker2, Loren K. Ammerman1, and Paul T. Chippindale1
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