Best BEL?

There are so many combos to make a BEL, which combo is best?
Which combo makes the whitest BEL?
Which makes the 'coolest' BEL? (faint patterns or color tinges?)
Which combos produce the dirtiest BELS?
Is there a combo that makes bluer eyes than other combos?
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lesser-lesser

Well I was just looking around and bumped into this post from Ralph Davis:
http://www.ralphdavisreptiles.com/ma...y_blue_eye.asp
".the lucys from Platty Daddy x Lesser are blue eyed, pure white with ZERO dorsal markings............the "whitest" Lucy on the planet to date!!! ( Platty x Lesser )"

So... does the Platty/ Lesser still rank as the whitest BEL?

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Originally Posted by Delilah

Well I was just looking around and bumped into this post from Ralph Davis:
http://www.ralphdavisreptiles.com/ma...y_blue_eye.asp
".the lucys from Platty Daddy x Lesser are blue eyed, pure white with ZERO dorsal markings............the "whitest" Lucy on the planet to date!!! ( Platty x Lesser )"

So... does the Platty/ Lesser still rank as the whitest BEL?

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But has Ralph ever been able to make another Platty yet? Isnt that supposed to be a mystery gene that created the true Platinum? I havent kept up on that one.

If you look at Vin Russo's site he also talks about the russo hets (white diamond lucy's) They are also supposed to be the whitest with the lightest blue eyes. Ive seen excellent lucy's come from lesser x lesser, butter x butter, russo x russo and any combo of the three. I believe you have a chance at getting a pure white snake from any of these combos just as much as you have the chance at getting a dirty looking lucy.

Ralph has made several more platties, and even a couple butter platties. Additionally, someone in Germany who's name eludes me got a platty out of a pairing of a lesser and a "normal".

Lesser x Lesser

Lesser Platinum X Lesser Platinum is what I have been told. Hope to see for myself in the very near future.

Lesser x lesser make a nice clean bell.

But if you do a Mojave x lesser you will still get a clean white snake but you will have more breeding options with it.
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Russos for the cleanest.

It looks like Platy is a combo of two different mutations of the same gene (alleles). So in that respect platy would be the same as a BEL, just not a totally white one. One of the mutations is lesser and the other has been called "hidden" because they apparently look normal.

So platy X lesser would produce eggs each with a 25% chance of being BEL's, 25% chance of being platy, 25% chance of lesser, and 25% chance hidden. The BEL's would be the same as a lesser X lesser breeding.