oh, i agree kevin, that does look much more central that eastern, and from all the shots of wild vitticeps I've seen, they seem to be darker in the wild, but perhaps its their thermo regulation. for some reason, my paper white hypo girl would get that black in only natural sunlight, never knew why.
on topic though, i find that eastern dragons seem to be almost all black or blue-ish, including their sides and down their spine.
