| Though very similar visually they are not the same snake. DNA testing has shown them to actually be closer to jungles than to Darwins. They will likley be reclassied in the future as a full species. There is a very strong resemblance however.
There are also three seperate populations of carpet python on New Guinea, though the ones in the pet trade over here are all from only one population.
I keep and breed the Irian Jaya carpets but would still love the chance to work with Darwins, I guess I could import some albinos from Europe as they seem to have officially become available there, to no surprise.
Nick |