Lesser Pastel Spotnose I Think

Nice clutch! I'm digging the stripes on those babies. Lesser something is gorgeous and I also like the 1st normal something :) Congrats! !

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Originally Posted by Mr Oni

Smokin!

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X2 those are awesome congrats


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They all have some sick patterning going on. They look great.


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Thanks everyone! I'm pretty excited by this clutch. The two suggestions I've gotten so far s that maybe the extra gene could possible be fire or even enchi. The consensus is that the extra is coming from my lesser female breeder. I have a lemon blast female gravid from my pastel spotnose male, so hopefully that will help me to narrow things down.

Ok, here are some old pics of the parents.

Pastel spotnose male - I should also add that he is a pos het for VPI axanthic. His brother proved out last season:

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2...ps65b53b16.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2...ps7564f022.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2...ps1d2436cd.jpg

Here is the lesser female:

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2...ps274377d6.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2...ps3f31e9f4.jpg

And here they are together:

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2...psd0fa7e2c.jpg[/QUOTE]

Ok, so I just got back from the Hamburg Pa show and had few people look at the clutch and the pictures of the parents. The consensus is that my lesser female isn't a lesser but a platty daddy. And the feeling is that the lesser pastel spotnose is in fact a platinum pastel spotnose. This was given more credence when I spoke to the breeder of the lesser. He wasn't sure, but he said he long suspected that his original lesser male was a platty daddy. The other thought that came up was that the lesser may be a lesser pastel and the lesser pastel spot is a super pastel lesser spot. The platinum theory seems to be the one with the most weight. But I don't know that it explains the striping in the normals.