Whats What?! Murray Darling or ?

[JrFear]

hey all!
this is my pair of MD!
had the female ( larger one ) since she was a hatchie! was a problem feeder but is now fine! shes just under 4 years now!
the male ive had for about 6 months! hes about 4 - 5 got him off a friend as i wanted to try breed them for the up coming season!

i hadnt really noticed but the female who i named Murray lol has alot of lighter brown on her compared to the male could she be a Gammon Ranges carpet or just have lighter marking compared to her partner?!

 

[MoreliaMatt]

looks MD to me!

 

[hrafna]

looks like 2 mds to me. mds seem to get more red in them the furthur north you go.

 

[notechistiger]

I don't know why people call them Gammon Ranges carpets. They're still just an MD...

Without knowing the locality she's from, no one can be certain what she is. I wouldn't put any special names to a snake you can't positively be sure of.

 

[JrFear]

wasnt really putting n e names too it! i was told when i got it they were both MDs just curious i guess as they have different colour and patterns!

 

[hrafna]

I don't know why people call them Gammon Ranges carpets. They're still just an MD...

Without knowing the locality she's from, no one can be certain what she is. I wouldn't put any special names to a snake you can't positively be sure of.

according to d.a taylor, in his thesis for flinders university, using dna markers for wildlife management and protection: a study of the population structure and systematics of the australian carpet pythons. and also discussed briefly in a complete carpet python, the gammon ranges carpet, through dna testing, is infact allied with m.imbricata not m.metcalfei. therefore in many circles gammon ranges carpets are considered to be different from mds!

 

[JrFear]

Any one else have any input on this one lol

 

[Khagan]

Both MDs just one is lighter, variation is normal. If you kept back a whole clutch of MDs you would have some lighter, some darker, different patterns etc even though they are all from same parents.