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Mikoh4792
07-25-14, 11:43 PM
Look at those 4 almost perfect stripes going down it's back!

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smy_749
07-26-14, 12:06 AM
Pretty sweet. Wild as in it looks wild, or a wild carpet ? lol
Mikoh4792
07-26-14, 01:29 AM
Both lol. Found in the Palmerston area.
franks
07-26-14, 04:52 AM
Who owns this awesome animal?
franks
07-26-14, 04:52 AM
He has a perfect "8" on his head- so cool.
Mikoh4792
07-26-14, 05:29 AM
Who owns this awesome animal?

He has a perfect "8" on his head- so cool.

Found in the wild, in the Palmerston area.

Yeah this one is incredible. I just can't believe the striping on the first half of his body.
marvelfreak
07-26-14, 07:44 AM
That is wicked. If they could breed it and could proved out the trait at would be amazing.
Sublimeballs
07-26-14, 10:38 AM
I want one
shaunyboy
07-26-14, 06:22 PM
good looking Jungle


thanks for sharing mate


cheers shaun
Mikoh4792
07-26-14, 07:32 PM
That is wicked. If they could breed it and could proved out the trait at would be amazing.

It really would, but I think this was found after the ban on exports/imports in Aus.
marvelfreak
07-27-14, 10:57 AM
It really would, but I think this was found after the ban on exports/imports in Aus.
Even if we could never own it here it still be cool to see it prove out.
franks
07-27-14, 11:19 AM
Yeah chuck- that would be fun for sure. Who knows- maybe one day we can get Aussie animals.
Mikoh4792
07-27-14, 12:20 PM
Even if we could never own it here it still be cool to see it prove out.

Yeah that's true. We do have striped jungles but nothing like that. It'd be cool to put those genes to work!

Who knows- maybe one day we can get Aussie animals.

We can only hope. It would nice to add new blood into our captive populations. Not only with jungles but also with rarer subspecies like inlands and northern locality coastals.
loud
07-28-14, 12:40 PM
Wow!! Very, very neat.
SnoopySnake
07-28-14, 01:11 PM
Wow, thats awesome.
red ink
07-28-14, 06:51 PM
That is wicked. If they could breed it and could proved out the trait at would be amazing.


Plenty of striped carpets in captivity here Chuck... jungles and coastals. I'm pretty sure there are MDs kicking about as well with stripes. I'm not too sure if they've cracked bredlis or darwins yet.
charlesc84
07-28-14, 06:58 PM
I've wanted that book for the longest time, I never see it for below $150 though.
Mikoh4792
07-29-14, 12:38 AM
Plenty of striped carpets in captivity here Chuck... jungles and coastals. I'm pretty sure there are MDs kicking about as well with stripes. I'm not too sure if they've cracked bredlis or darwins yet.

No striping like that though. We have carpets with one stripe going down the whole back but 4 stripes next to eachother is crazy.
RBDTerrell
07-29-14, 09:31 AM
That is incredible! I would love to see that proved out. I would probably never get a chance to own one, but it is remarkable to look at. Good find!
red ink
07-29-14, 07:39 PM
No striping like that though. We have carpets with one stripe going down the whole back but 4 stripes next to eachother is crazy.

There are carpets here with multiple stripes... tiger jungles and striped coastals. Particularly in coastals here in Oz. They have been around in coastals here for a while now... so much so it's a none event and people don't even bother trying to continue them on. Search on the APS forum for pics...