paradox lesser or not???

[irishanaconda]

hatched out 1.4 lessers and 4.1 normals from a lesser to a 4400g huge girl recently and found one has this neat little patch of normal pattern... would u call this a paradox??

and here are some random pics of the clutch
some nice lookin normals

some of the lessers pre shed

[j_h_smith]

I don't think so.

Jim Smith

[Danounet]

I dont know, but wow! congrats on the odds!

[Elise.m]

I wouldn't say full paradox, but maybe a little. It's cool though!

[irishanaconda]

paradox is a patch of normal right?

[merdcme]

i dont see it. but congats on your clutch in general, 4 females and 1 male is awesome!!!

[Greez1986]

Congrats on the clutch

[Dave Green]

Some would and some wouldn't. I've heard both opinions on such snakes. Some folks say paradox should strickly be used for snakes that normaly don't produce melanin. And I've heard others say that paradox can be used when "normal" coloring leaks through regardless of the morph. I don't care about the definition your snake is still neat.

I have a lesser male which has some normal coloration but not as much as yours. I'd almost have to point it out. The interesting thing is that he produces some hatchlings with the same marks. I would hold yours back for breeding just fior fun.

[Freakie_frog]

Paradox?? Weeeelll wait till it sheds. I've seen some funny looking color patches on hatchlings that after they shed acouple of time go away for whatever reason. If it gets darker and darker then yea I'd call it a Paradox. Seems to be more and more of them popping up in the Lesser gene pool of the last few years..

[SlitherinSisters]

I would say maybe. John from JDconstriction had a lemon pastel axanthic hatch out that looked pretty normal. I saw it when it was baby, then again when it was a subadult when it was really starting to look weird, and he just posted a current picture of it and it looks insane!!! The thread is "spring cleaning" or something close to that, it's fairly recent so you should notice it right away.

For now it's wait and see