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wednesday13 said:
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Thats the melanistic/pied tsn right Liam? Crazy how much hes changed. I suspect this guy i pictured to b p. Reticulatum for comparison. Had em since 17-18" and he def. resembles urs in question. Their is an underlying pattern of small spots similiar to corruscans and the large midline/belly spotting is another thing to keep an eye on. Belly pattern is almost similiar to a tsnxlei as ur kinda seeing now. If there not Reticulatum...my only other guess is hybrids... corruscansxfasciatum. I was unaware of farm made hybrids until kinda recently. If ur guy was sold as leu...id guess he was hand picked at a farm making me lean towards corruscansxfasciatum hybrid. The larger mine gets the more corruscan traits it displays so im leaning towards hybrid for my own guy also lately....fun to watch them change. We could use a hint or two from good old Necro these days lol... def. Not a fasciatum or corruscan tho...good eye! Also, my guy may not look that alike to urs now but he did at smaller sizes. Really threw out the stripe pattern later/recently in life from 30 to 36".
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he looks exactly like mine. the headshape and body. mine only really shows its pattern at night lol. it usually goes back to the black with white underbelly
 
Nice to know u agree lol, they are very similiar... not many of these guys around at all even in the states. Since u know its wild collected id confirm reticulatum on both of em. The farmie corruscansxfasciatum are just too light colored for comparison of our 2.
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wednesday13 said:
Nice to know u agree lol, they are very similiar... not many of these guys around at all even in the states. Since u know its wild collected id confirm reticulatum on both of em. The farmie corruscansxfasciatum are just too light colored for comparison of our 2.
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I will never be for sure on my shovelnose lol. it rarely shows its true patterning.. at the moment it is turning back to white lol
 
I love your set up! Keep posting pics :)
 
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