There are certain things to look for with scale counts on the head. There are very few resources that can point you directly to which subspecies (locality) is which because only a few are trying to be recognized by science as an actual subspecies of python reticulatus, (Sula, Jampea, Sumatra, etc). I can point you to the start of some great information about this here:
http://reticulatedpython.info/me/pap...ic%20paper.pdf
I'm starting a project with my currect collection and taking head scale sheds and scanning them on a PC. I may try and contact some guys with pure locals and get them to mail me a head shed if they wouldn't mind for me to process, this would be the best start I know of to getting an accurate way to pinpoint pure locale information. The only pure in my collection is a Kalatoa. The rest are crosses with Jampea, Kaydui, and Saleyer.
One of the biggest things it seems is - with Jampea, things look lighter, and pures almost look Anery. For Kalatoa, they generally have very long heads in relation to the width. Saleyer have some of the brightest orange eyes I have seen. Kaydui and Kalatoa both exhibit diffusion of the pattern directly behind the neck. Though there are mutations out there that do this (granite back aka het anthrax, or shatter) it can get confusing.
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