Possible lesser harlequin?

I was wondering if someone could possibly help identify this lesser. It was sold to me as a lesser, but I'm starting to think it has the harlequin gene in it. What do you guys think?
http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/...p/9977b3f6.jpg
http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/...p/c2e32737.jpg

I'd say it has Harlequin in it. That's a wicked stripe

it looks ALOT like the lesser harlequin thats on worldofballpythons

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Originally Posted by cory9oh4

it looks ALOT like the lesser harlequin thats on worldofballpythons

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That's what led me to believe it was, I had to do a double take to make sure it wasn't my snake in WOBP! Lol

could you get a better pic of the sides?

It does have an odd looking pattern, but then again ball pythons are known for often having odd looking patterns. I'd be hesitant to call it something other then what it was sold to me as. On the other hand, if you breed it out and prove that the pattern can be passed on to it's offspring, you can call it whatever you want.

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Originally Posted by MarkS

It does have an odd looking pattern, but then again ball pythons are known for often having odd looking patterns. I'd be hesitant to call it something other then what it was sold to me as. On the other hand, if you breed it out and prove that the pattern can be passed on to it's offspring, you can call it whatever you want.

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Agree with this. There are tons of bp's out there with the harlequin look that don't pass it on. Seems like only a very small percent are genetic. Kind of makes me wonder if the harlequin look just happens to be a pattern variation based on an incubation issue...whether it's incubation temps, temp fluctuations, humidity levels, etc...

Killer looking snake though! :gj: