New Orca BHP

[Retic]

Sorry, confused my threads.

 

[Nagraj]

Here's one from Tanami parents.

 

[Pythonking]

i'm with rob on this one guys, interesting snake

 

[smeejason]

any updated photos on the these little fellas Dave ??
did they keep the black

 

[biggie]

ever since i saw first bhp with orange coming though i thought hybrid

 

[PilbaraPythons]

It has lost a tinge of black in its head area which is typical for woma's.
I will see if I can take a fresh pic as soon as it has shed.

 

[links]

damn!!!!!!!!! i was all excited about a whale looking snake

 

[Rainbow-Serpent]

damn!!!!!!!!! i was all excited about a whale looking snake

Hahaha, I share your pain

 

[bigguy]

If the father of these hatchlings was indeed a hybrid between a BHP X Woma , and as these are distinct species, you would think it would be muled, and incapable of producing offspring.

So is the father just a weird colour mutation, or are Womas and BHP's just subspecies to each other.

 

[Jonno from ERD]

G'day Bob

I'm no taxonomical expert, but I am fairly sure that the ability (or inability) to interbreed has no relevance with regards to the viability of a species. Take for example the Antaresia complex, Morelia spilota and Morelia viridis or even some of the cross-genus stuff such as Python regius and Aspidites ramsayi.

 

[pythons73]

Considering they are the same sub-species,whats or whos to say theirs no Intergrades between these two.Theres not a huge difference between them,Womas have a orange coloured head,Blakheaded have black heads obviuosly.There was a speciemen caught in the past that did die before anything could be detemined.

 

[Jonno from ERD]

They aren't the same subspecies - do you mean genus?

 

[PilbaraPythons]

It needs to be remembered that both species being closely related, also share ancestral traits, it may be that this line has simply re expressed a part of it ?.

 

[Selene]

BHP... my dream snake... this one (even if it's not really a whale) is stunning... love it... *sigh* *drool* lol

 

[PilbaraPythons]

Selene, you do know its a woma ?

 

[Selene]

really? So I won't find one at the local aquarium then??? ...uummm yes I know it's a woma

 

[pythons73]

They aren't the same subspecies - do you mean genus?

I actually did Jonno,i was thinking of another thing at the same time...Thanx for correcting me...

 

[JasonL]

If you end up breeding the best possible Ochre BHP available, all you end up with is a woma

 

[Jonno from ERD]

But they won't have the pattern of some of them Ochre BHP's Jason...blow any Woma out of the water, regardless of what colour their chins are

 

[iceman]

jonno the Ochre BHP's line is not worth the money ppl pay for them IMO, i've seen more hotter looking normal BHP's .