Recieved my first Apodora Papuana Female

So I just received my first Apodora from Joe Switalski with JS Reptiles. Great guy. I am super pumped to have the privilege of owning one of these amazing critters.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...2c9088acd0.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...dc83a3fd07.jpg

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Congrats man, that is sooo Awesome! :bow:

An Olive Pappy is at the TOP of my dream list!

Sure hope to see more of that girl. :)

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Originally Posted by Reinz

Congrats man, that is sooo Awesome! [emoji144]

An Olive Pappy is at the TOP of my dream list!

Sure hope to see more of that girl. :)

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You will my friend.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...575251a362.jpg

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Most excellent! :gj:

Beautiful animal Rage! She's got some good size on her too. How old is she?

I'm guessing between 2 and 3 years old. She is an import so it is hard to tell. I have to go off of her size.

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This snake is such a joy to handle. Calypsohttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...0281cf1695.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...7e307bd0ee.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...9d105ec6fb.jpg

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She's gorgeous Rage. I'm loving her shimmering iridescence :). Keep the pictures flowing with this one. I've had a yearling male Australian Olive for about 6 months and he's quickly becoming one of my favorites. Like your girl, he's very nice to handle. The biggest difference I've noticed so far between the 2 Olive species is the shorter snouts on the Papuanas. The size and coloration are pretty similar. I'm very curious to see other similarities and differences as they grow.

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She's gorgeous Rage. I'm loving her shimmering iridescence :). Keep the pictures flowing with this one. I've had a yearling male Australian Olive for about 6 months and he's quickly becoming one of my favorites. Like your girl, he's very nice to handle. The biggest difference I've noticed so far between the 2 Olive species is the shorter snouts on the Papuanas. The size and coloration are pretty similar. I'm very curious to see other similarities and differences as they grow.

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Yeah the head structure is completely different. But other than that they seem similar.

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Head shape is interesting in these papuans. This quote is part of Dave's response to a question sent to VPI. Link below for full version.

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The Papuan pythons from the eastern half of New Guinea are bigger and have a longer head than the Papuans from the Western Papua end of New Guinea. I haven't seen specimens from Biak, but the few Misool animals I have seen look the same as the Western Papuan specimens from the Sorong area that are the variety most commonly encountered in captivity.

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http://vpi.com/mailbag/2006/11/papuan_python_variation