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I couldn't figure out how to put two images on the same thread so here is the other. Could someone help me out? Anyway. The snake is 200 shipped.
 
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Doesn't look like a black phase to me.
 
What are you looking at?
That snake is brown?
 
Here is a pic of my male Golden phase white lip.And compared to my snake that looks like a Black Phase to me.
 
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It is indeed a black phase wlp. Also, there are no brown wlps in the US. There are golds and blacks.

Golds are Leiopython albertesi, blacks are L. hoserae, and browns are L. barkeri. In a conversation I recently had with Dave Barker, a few years back there were 4 brown phase wlps imported into the US, all of which are now deceased. The females were too old, and [I guess] too difficult to properly acclimate well enough to breed.

I have also heard certain individuals call them green phase, which makes absolutely no sense to me at all...

I dont mean to offend anyone...I just love conversing over my favorite python species.

If anyone would like to get into more detail, Id be more than happy to start a thread in the Python forums.
 
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Thanks Chris. I've actually been wondering where the taxonomy stood on this genus for about a year. The white lips are one of my favorites also. At one point I had five black phased. I now only have two. The one I am trying to sell and an eight foot female specimen that was dubbed Blackie. She is not for sale however. I'm new to fauna so I haven't been much into the forums but if you start a thread, I'll be happy to participate(more questions than anything else lol).
 
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