Burundi??? ID my front please

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Picked this Front up yesterday from the LFS....Im only guessing its a Burundi as I am new to Fronts. What do you think?

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Yes, definitely a Burundi. It has very nice coloration and markings too with no mooning or broken bars. Nice front:)!
 
Here's a question I am sterting to figure these fronts out and would also agree this is a burundi are there other fronts that look like this?
 
Other 6-stripe 'northern' variants (such as the Kavala) most resemble the Burundi's.
 
Ok than is the burundi a six stripe or five I thought the eye patch did'nt count as a stripe because a zaire would be a six stripe then or does that change like some other things like counting points on a buck deer in the west we count one side and in the east they total both sides.
 
The eye-stripe (northern species), mask (southern species/Gibberosa sp.), or 'cheek-patch' (kigoma/boulomboro, etc) should count as one of the stripes or bars.

This would mean the southern and northern species would all be considered 6-stripe/6-bar variants and the kigoma the 7-stripe/7-bar variant.
 
Ok thanks that helps alot.
 
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