http://www.derekroddysblackheadedpyt...types-2614866/


I hope that link works, personally I think that's one of the best explanations there has been on the subject.

Is "western type" or "western phase" an accurate descriptive word for animals? To me it seems to be widely accepted as meaning the more black and white high contrast animals and I don't really have a problem with that, I think it's much less wrong than "codom/co-dom" but good luck ever getting rid of that! I preferably would rather see more descriptive terms used though instead, as is talked about in the link I posted.

I would be very skeptical of anyone using "western" and claiming it to truely be a locality animal (outside of australia) unless you can show who illegally smuggled the animal or it's parents out of the country and prove where it's lineage was wild caught from...again, good luck with that one also. Somewhere along the way in there you're also going to end up having to trust the word of an animal smuggler...and if they were really the most honest people in the world, they wouldn't be doing what they're doing.

I have also seen the variation of high color to high contrast (eastern and western) come out of the same clutch and the animals be described as eastern and western type even though they were clutch mates. I really don't fault people for this in describing color and contrast, but I also don't put any weight into the words actually having anything to do with locality.

I do think if aussie borders ever open up, and 100% pure pilbara animals (what I would consider a true western type in looks and locality) are imported, they will command a significantly higher price than our generic westerns that we have now, same goes for some of the other more refined locality animals down under...again though, good luck with that ever happening, you'll probably have a better shot at getting rid of "codom".

BHPs are beautiful and impressive animals, I love mine and OP you have a great looking animal, I hope you enjoy it for many years to come.