For all those who are question the integrity of the snakes lineage, exactly how many Illawarra/sutherland locale wild diamonds have you seen??
I have personally seen a good 20 odd individuals, the majority of them wild, howver, some are WC animals held in captivity. There is a huge variation amongst the lot of them, particularily within a clutch, some are black and almost patternless, some display high yellow or white colouration, some have a high rosette pattern, others have very little, some display striping (nothing to the extent of the OP pic) and some are even a little carpet like in appearance.
One thing you cannot dispute is the high variability that exists within the morelia complex. Look at variation exhibited in darwins, coastals and bredli for example, why not with diamonds?? I'm sick of people jumping straight onto the band wagon of....that must be a hybrid, when they most likely have had very little to do with Diamonds in captivity, aside from what they see on forums.
As Zobo has pointed out, every time something alittle out of the ordinary is posted, everybody get on the hybrid/integrade bandwagon thereby making anyone reluctant to post who may have something special. Thankfully Jason has thick skin and posted the pic for all to see. Now all you unbelievers.....how many people do you know that have bred multiple generations or clutches of diamonds over a very long period of time??
Can anyone explain why every other feature of it says diamond apart from the dorsal stripe?? They very elongated tail, shape of the head, horseshoe marking on head, rosettes, yellow speckling over the entire body. If it was an integrade/hybrid....why would the only feature that it displays be a dorsal stripe and nothing else?