Next: Lesser vs Butter

[Viper76]

Go with butter, Since i have a butter as well.. I like lesser to0..But lesser seem to many in the market.

[Kysenia]

I love the lessers just because a butter makes my cholesterol feel like its going up...................

[shaunwithbite]

i am a lesser kind of guy

[Skitals]

I've got a butter, so maybe I'm biased, BUT...

I think a very nice lesser is about the same as a very nice butter. I've seen amazing examples of both lines. BUT I've seen many more "bad" lessers than I have "bad" butters. By "bad" I mean extremely dark. Maybe it's just because so many more people are working with the lesser line?

Being the "daddy" of the platty, you would think Ralph Davis prefers the lessers over the butters, but here is what he says on his site:

The Butter is very similar in appearance to a "Lesser Platty"........BUT..........the Butters have more yellow coloration in their patterns. The yellow becomes stronger as they mature, where the Lesser's yellow becomes " less" as they mature...........the Butter is not to be confused with the "Platinum".

[t-Roy]

Well I hope you'd rather want a lesser!

Who can tell the difference between a lesser and a butter?


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It is one snake or same snake.. I say that one is a butter.. Why you post pictures of the same snake?

[GenePirate]

Faced with the same choice, I chose the lesser. This Davis line male is a prolific breeder with a sweet disposition. And, I prefer the creaminess with the muted olive and gold accents to the darker yellows of a butter. It's all personal preference, and there are a lot of color variations in both morphs. Find an animal that you think is spectacular, whether it's a lesser or a butter, and go with it.

[Beardedragon]

LOL.....Those are both the same snake.......look at the pattern again.

It is one snake or same snake.. I say that one is a butter.. Why you post pictures of the same snake?

I was wondering if anyone would catch on He is in fact my lesser... but the point I was trying to prove is that I think they are the same thing...I just sorta forgot that I made the post so im a little late on anwsering

[Beardedragon]

I'm gonna have to say the first one is a butter and the second one is a lesser. Although the second pic is just a little darker. Comparing the butters to the lessers I saw in person at the Tinley show, the butter have a darker golden tint to them then the lessers did.

I'm trying to find my darn camera that I've misplaced after the show this weekend otherwise I would snap some pics of the butter male I got from the Bells.

1st one is the lesser at least thats the way it looks to me at least but sometimes they are so close its impossible to tell.

Also, what I think it also boils down to, is if your a butter person and look at those two pictures of the same snake... your going to say the nicer of the two pictures is a butter and vice versa if your a lesser person.

[nixer]

I was wondering if anyone would catch on He is in fact my lesser... but the point I was trying to prove is that I think they are the same thing...I just sorta forgot that I made the post so im a little late on anwsering

Also, what I think it also boils down to, is if your a butter person and look at those two pictures of the same snake... your going to say the nicer of the two pictures is a butter and vice versa if your a lesser person.

hahahahahaha i saw that one coming
personally myself i have 1.1 lessers, but butters do seem to hold more yellow than lessers. then again i have seen where you couldnt tell either morph appart.

[Beardedragon]

hahahahahaha i saw that one coming
personally myself i have 1.1 lessers, but butters do seem to hold more yellow than lessers. then again i have seen where you couldnt tell either morph appart.

IDK, I still think that it depends on the baby just like pastels. For all we know is that the imported butter is related to Ralphs Platty daddy... I mean if you think about it in order to get the platty there had to be more lessers out there, and if one of those were later found and called the butter we would never know.

If there was a Lesser/butter in the wild, you wouldnt be able to tell if it was a lesser or butter, I guess if would depend on what the new owner decides to name it.