jardini?

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thefishofdoom

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how do u tell the diffrence between a jardini and a leichardti
 
leichardti has little red dots on their scales
 
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is there somthing like a scale count or somthing?
 
I don't think so but IMO they look significantly different. Type jardini or leichardti into google, or even into the search here on MFK and you'll see.

Jardini's have a more angled face and head, leichardti's have a softer looking face. Jardini's have pink spots on the tail and usually a slightly darker complexion as adults. Leichardtis have different patterns on the scales.

People seem to rate leichardtis highly, but I think a jardini looks better.
 
A leichardti's body shape appears more elongate due to not growing to a deep body shape as with jardini's and formosus'. And, even though it's dead, here's a pic to show the pink-dot pattern in the leichardtis:

dedleich.jpg
 
A jardini is much more aggressive, too.
 
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