wild-caught or captive-bred lapradei?

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Can anyone tell me or post pictures to show the difference between a wild-caught and a captive-bred lapradei. I'm gonna get a "wild-caught" lapradei tomorrow and hopefully, I'll won't get a bogus one. Thanks in advance.
 
I've only seen the CB ones around here recently, and mine are still juvies.

The only thing I could say would be if you see zig-zag scales, probably CB, but not always, some wild polys have that.
 
It would be hard to tell. It's usually the captive breed laps gets paler patterns with other substrates except tan, brown or red. They also have a wider head but it's not always the case.

Here is my captive breed lap or called the common Nigerian laps from 4 years ago.
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Here it is now. Didn't develop more contrast on the patterns.
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