help with ID (imbricata ?)

[najanaja]

hi all..
i reciently bought this snake(when i say reciently i mean tuesday)

i was told it was a coastal carpet,but when the paper work come it had coastal carpet on the liciencing paper work but imbricata on the box..

to me it looks much more like a imbricata and looks nothing like the 3 coastals i already own..

plus it is much smaller then my other 3 at the same age..

what do you all think

 

[najanaja]

ps..
to those who dont know.,,,click on the picture to make it bigger

 

[codeth]

could be a coastal , where did it come from?

 

[najanaja]

had it sent over from a friend of a friend in S A

 

[codeth]

not sure, coastals can look very very different from other coastals.

 

[gillsy]

Either way, it's a nice looking snake and from what I hear Imbricata's are hard to get over here.

It might be a blessing in deguise.

 

[najanaja]

yeah i know...ive owned and caught 100s of them being a ex snake catcher on the gold coast..
but this one just seems a little different to all...
colour,attitide,size and temperment all seem different

 

[najanaja]

hoping so,,
but he was smaller then i thought,,,better looking than i expected,,
i only bought him because my other male is on loan to a mate...

so it might be up for offers very soon..

bought as a male but not certain yet till after he settles for a couple of days...
is about 4-5 foot long and told 3 and a bit years

 

[najanaja]

someone here must know

 

[Magpie]

Why not ask the friend you got it off?

 

[najanaja]

i will when i get the opportunity,,
but he was sent to temor and i cant get through to him and his wife knows stuff all..

 

[Vipercat]

Look almost exactly the same as my Imbricata or South Western Carpet Python
Attached a pic for you to compare

 

[Pythoninfinite]

Could indeed be an imbricata, has characteristics of both imbricata and mcdowelli by the look of it...

Jamie

 

[najanaja]

hope so,
he is a nice little snake..
be a shame when i get rid of him

 

[najanaja]

thanks for you info peoples

 

[pugsly]

Id be happy to call it Imbricata too. Nice snake.

 

[cam]

Could it be a Hybrid?

 

[hornet]

i'm gonna say coastal, thats just what i think

 

[najanaja]

i was told that its wild caught parents came from 1 hour south of margaret river W A

would that make it a mcdowelli ?

 

[najanaja]

nup me was right,,
confirmed imbricata