Good guess Albino. The animals in pictures 3 and 5 are Australians, while the others are "Meraukes"... but the difference is not in the colour.
None of the points raised in the post can be used to tell these locals apart. In fact, these two populations are virtually impossible to tell apart (they do differ in head shape, however, this is only relative to the overall size of the snake and therefore not a good diagnostic).
I thought this post may be of interest to show the kind of variation that can occur within populations, but also to show that this same variation can encompass traits thought to be associated with other "localities".
Cheers,
Dan
None of the points raised in the post can be used to tell these locals apart. In fact, these two populations are virtually impossible to tell apart (they do differ in head shape, however, this is only relative to the overall size of the snake and therefore not a good diagnostic).
I thought this post may be of interest to show the kind of variation that can occur within populations, but also to show that this same variation can encompass traits thought to be associated with other "localities".
Cheers,
Dan