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07-Jul-08, 10:40 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: May-08 Location: ipswich Age/Gender: 25  | | |
hey bought this guy a while ago just wanted to get everyones opinion on what local he could be from?
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07-Jul-08, 10:44 PM
|  | Pure Pwnage. Subscriber | Join Date: May-07 Location: Central QLD Age/Gender: 18  | | |
You sure on its origins? Head looks very jungle like to me, havent seen many diamonds or even port macs with such a defined pattern.
Probably wrong though, ignore me 
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07-Jul-08, 10:46 PM
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I would say a diamond  |
07-Jul-08, 10:55 PM
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im not sure but it looks like a gosford diamond whatever it is its a beut nicest looking diamond ive ever sien
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07-Jul-08, 10:56 PM
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I have no idea  But the colours are awesome 
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07-Jul-08, 10:57 PM
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Originally Posted by colt08  im not sure but it looks like a gosford diamond whatever it is its a beut nicest looking diamond ive ever sien | what colt said, gosford diamond!
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08-Jul-08, 08:04 AM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Feb-07 Location: northern vic Age/Gender: 42 | | | |
Intergrade, nice snake though, and as far as looking for a local
you are not going to get one unless the parents are wild caught
and the location noted by the breeder.
The diamond pool is a very muddied one with people calling
prety much anything with a bold yellow marking a ''diamond''
Last edited by beeman; 08-Jul-08 at 08:10 AM.
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08-Jul-08, 08:16 AM
|  | Bendy! Sponsor | Join Date: Feb-07 Location: Brisbane Gender: | | | |
I typically stay out of these "Is this a Diamond or an Integrade" topics because despite everyones opinions, nobody really knows. What irritates me immensely though, is people who not only label it as a definite subspecies, but actually go to the lengths of putting a locality on it.
Sorry to say Pking, but I highly doubt that your snake is pure Diamond - it has very well definined saddles, and obvious dorsolateral striping, indicating that it problem has some other Morelia blood in it.
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08-Jul-08, 08:33 AM
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so what defines a pure diamond I've got the book keeping and breeding australian pythons and on page 228 theres a photo of a diamond python in Gosford which shows the same sort of saddling.
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08-Jul-08, 08:38 AM
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G'day mate,
Your snake may well be a pure Diamond... Morelia spilota sp. are incredibly variable but Diamonds are the least variable of the lot. It is hard to define what makes a pure Morelia spilota anything as they are all so highly variable within themselves.
The main reason I doubt yours is pure is because of the amount of crossbreeding the occurs between Carpets and Diamonds...it is far more likely that your snake resulted from one of these crossbreedings than from pure Diamond stock.
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08-Jul-08, 08:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Pking so what defines a pure diamond I've got the book keeping and breeding australian pythons and on page 228 theres a photo of a diamond python in Gosford which shows the same sort of saddling. | I feel a close up of the head scales may assist me in identification. A top shot and a side shot of the head would be advantageous.
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08-Jul-08, 09:04 AM
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well i know the breeder I bought it off is John smith not sure what local he said it is as for the photo i'll try but my camera seems to go fussy on the close ups
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08-Jul-08, 10:41 AM
| | #44-9aCustom#GR-094 Subscriber | Join Date: Apr-06 Location: Out the Back of Queensland and a bit more Age: 99 | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Pking well i know the breeder I bought it off is John smith not sure what local he said it is as for the photo i'll try but my camera seems to go fussy on the close ups | Try a close up photo and if its fuzzy, take a shot from further away where the focus is good and edit the photo by zooming in...make sense?
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08-Jul-08, 11:48 AM
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heres one i took a while ago i'll take some more later when i get back home
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08-Jul-08, 12:56 PM
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as mentioned unless you know the locality off the original adults it is impossible to label it with a known locale, its a nice snake but it looks to have some jungle in it.
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