"Western Kimberley"
"Prince Regent" bred by Mark Prince.
"West Kimberleys" are known for their speckled appearance and yellow and pink hues. The main "West Kimberley" locale in the hobby is the "Prince Regent" named after an area in the Western Kimberley's. The "Prince Regent" and "Broome" locales were collected originally by some of the Western Australian Wildlife Parks which were then re-produced and sold. The original stock from these WA Wildlife Parks has either passed away or is in private collections.
"Eastern Kimberley"
"Kununurra" owned by Richard Connelly
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The "Eastern Kimberleys" are known for have speckling as well as clear banding. The most well known "Eastern Kimberley" locale is the "Kununurra" locale named after the town near where they were originally caught. The original "Kununurras" were legally wild caught by Dr Gavin Bedford. One WC Male and two progeny females were then sold to Joe Ball and are now in the hands of Richard Connelly.
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"Darwin"
"Darwin" Locale owned by Josh Fastuca.
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The "Darwin" locale is characterised by its thick banding and bright colouration in contrast to dark banding. The "Darwin" locale is the back bone to two of Australia's morphs being the T+ and White Northern. The "Darwin" locale Northern's that are common in the reptile keeping hobby today are most likely to originate from Rob Coward and Jeremy Wright. However, there is almost no way of knowing exactly where the original group came from.
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Lesser Known Locales
The "Tunnel Creek" locality originates from a small area in Western Australia. This locality is often confused with the Turkey Creeks, Kununurras and Prince Regents as they all look fairly similar. However the "Tunnel Creeks" have quite bright colours as babies and often turn very speckled as they get older. The "Tunnel Creeks" are mainly produced by Michael Mather and have been for some 7 years. From personal experience, the "Tunnel Creek" animals seem to produce more speckling than most localities as they age become a majorly speckled animal with flaming up the sides.
The "Derby"" locality Northerns seem to have a large variety of colours ranging from that of a Prince Regent like to a PR x Kununnurra. The limited sample space makes it difficult to comment on the colouration and patterning. After seeing some more individuals it appears as though this is another Kimberely form as discussed above much similar in appearance to that of the Prince Regents mostly. There two were bred by Kwai Chang-Kum.
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