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28-Feb-08, 05:20 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: NTH QLD | | | | Couple more....
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28-Feb-08, 09:01 PM
|  | #44-9aCustom#GR-094 Subscriber | Join Date: Apr-06 Location: Out the Back of Queensland and a bit more Age: 99 | | | | So, how do you go about finding out if they are really 'natural intergrades' or 100% Coastals....Anybody know?
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28-Feb-08, 09:06 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-06 Location: Alice Springs Gender:  | | | Not as good a photo as Pythons_Reptiles, but this is a Prossy doing what he does best - eat  
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28-Feb-08, 10:57 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-06 Location: Brisbane Age/Gender: 23 | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Earthling  So, how do you go about finding out if they are really 'natural intergrades' or 100% Coastals....Anybody know? | genetic work, i wouldnt be suprised if jungles and coastals are actually the same sub species though(just a guess based on what has happened to other reptiles and stuff). I heard someone was working on this but i dont know how it went or if its still ongoing. |
28-Feb-08, 11:18 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Feb-06 Location: Melbourne | | | l just love prossies...l had a large clutch hatch last year and have kept a couple which stood out from the day they hatched...now they are yearlings and just getting better looking everyday!!
l also have around 40 hatchling prossies to find homes for from this years hatchings...seemed to have a lot of interest at the expo recently Here's a pic(not a great pic) of paperdoll and friend 2 females l kept from last year Prossy clutch |
29-Feb-08, 08:26 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 cris genetic work, i wouldnt be suprised if jungles and coastals are actually the same sub species though(just a guess based on what has happened to other reptiles and stuff). I heard someone was working on this but i dont know how it went or if its still ongoing. | Yes, on reading most of my books show some confusion/trepidation in this area of subspecies and what has been allocated to them. Any idea who it was doing the research cris?
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29-Feb-08, 02:57 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Feb-07 Location: Darwin Age/Gender: 32 | | | | here is one of mine i have been told it is a fairly typical prossy.
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26-Mar-08, 08:32 AM
|  | He wont bite you!! Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-08 Location: Melbourne Age/Gender: 31 | | | Can any owners of these lovely snakes tell me what they have found their temperaments to be like?? Very interested to know as i could be adding one to my collection 
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26-Mar-08, 09:29 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Feb-08 Location: QUEENSLAND Age/Gender: 40  | | | You All Have To Admit Carpets Are A Lovely Looking Snake No Matter Where They Come From rbb |
26-Mar-08, 09:42 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Nov-07 Location: Under your bed... Gender: | | | | I used to think that one my snakes was a coastal, but after seeing the other pics I don't really think it is lol, so what do you guys think?
Prossie or Coastal?
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26-Mar-08, 10:07 AM
|  | primitively archaic Moderator | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: Wagga Wagga NSW 2650 Gender: | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Vala I used to think that one my snakes was a coastal, but after seeing the other pics I don't really think it is lol, so what do you guys think?
Prossie or Coastal? | errrr..A Prosperine is a coastal. Much the same as a Murray-Darling is an Inland python.
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26-Mar-08, 10:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Greebo errrr..A Prosperine is a coastal. Much the same as a Murray-Darling is an Inland python. | Sorry, what I should have said was that he was sold to me as a brisbane, is there a difference between the brisbanes and the prossies?
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26-Mar-08, 10:11 AM
| | primitively archaic Moderator | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: Wagga Wagga NSW 2650 Gender: | | | | It looks very much like what is commonly called a "brisbane" carpet python.
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26-Mar-08, 10:12 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Feb-08 Location: QUEENSLAND Age/Gender: 40 | | | | sorry greebo i 4got my caps were on didnt mean to shout rbb |
26-Mar-08, 10:14 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-06 Location: CQ | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Vala Sorry, what I should have said was that he was sold to me as a brisbane, is there a difference between the brisbanes and the prossies? | Yes, they are different QLD locations.
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