I've looked at this a few times since it came up, and will avoid answering in the following manner.
Carpets are a pretty variable group. There are locality differences, as well as natural intergrades, and a bunch of manmade crosses. Further, people have been known to hang their own labels on generic carpets, just to make them more attractive to potential buyers. That said, without knowing the history of a given snake, and/or trusting the word of the seller, there are relatively few people I would trust to ID anything but obvious specimens (but many that wouldn't hesitate to give their opinion, lol)
This could be a jungle.....but as Ryan suggested, there are traits that suggest coastal influence to me. Then again - I look at many of the snakes sold as coastals & would never identify them as such, as they look so little like the coastals that were available 15-20 years ago.
6.5 ft at 2 yrs is quite big for a carpet....especially a jungle (that would be a big male jungle, period...but not unheard of).
Without knowing for certain, my opinion is........ that it is a carpet python. Unless you NEED to identify it specifically, just call it that. If you do NEED that specific ID, you may have purchased the wrong animal. If it absolutely, positively has to be a _____ carpet python, one should buy from a breeder that can verify things to his/her satisfaction.
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