Dirty BEL's

[Adam Chandler]

Someone just telling me that 2 Lessers bred together will yield a pure white BEL while breeding 2 Mojaves will yield a BEL with a "dirty head". Is there any truth to this?

If so would that mean that a Lesser bred to a Mojave would give your BEL a 50% chance of being "Dirty"?

[Alice]

I disagree with the person who told you that a mojave BEL is "dirty". A mojave/mojave pairing produces a BEL with a white body and a head that is not all pristine white, but light to medium grey. The lesser/mojave usually takes on the characteristics of the lesser BELs in that the body is a bit whiter usually and the head does not usually have the classic grey head.

Both are gorgeous snakes IMHO.

[stevepoppers]

Google "super mojave". Click images.

Repeat with "super lesser".

Compare.

I like Mojaves, but I like the super Lessers more than the super Mojaves. Idk what to pick for myself... Probably some of each....

[mykee]

"A mojave/mojave pairing produces a BEL with a white body and a head that is not all pristine white, but light to medium grey. "

Hence the term; dirty.
Yes, super mojaves have a dirty head (not white) as compared to any of the other BEL combo animals.

[Bruceweb]

Someone just telling me that 2 Lessers bred together will yield a pure white BEL while breeding 2 Mojaves will yield a BEL with a "dirty head". Is there any truth to this?

If so would that mean that a Lesser bred to a Mojave would give your BEL a 50% chance of being "Dirty"?

Heres my lesser mojave..she is very clean..super mojave does have a grey head though

[Royal Morphz]

Here is a super Mojo

[Blue Apple Herps]

Yeah, super mojos have a greyish/purplish head. I personally think its cool and is a little more interesting than just a plain white snake. I also like the pure white snakes as well though.

[Bruceweb]

Just checked out a super mojave that another keeper just bought..its cool.. a purple head with yellow face stripes..nice

[Adam Chandler]

I disagree with the person who told you that a mojave BEL is "dirty". A mojave/mojave pairing produces a BEL with a white body and a head that is not all pristine white, but light to medium grey. The lesser/mojave usually takes on the characteristics of the lesser BELs in that the body is a bit whiter usually and the head does not usually have the classic grey head.

Both are gorgeous snakes IMHO.

Yeah I don't mean "dirty" like there is anything wrong with them, I mean it just a term to describe the look. They are both beautiful snakes. I just didn't realize 2 different genes made different BEL's.

So if I bred a Lesser to a Mojave and got a BEL would it have a 50% chance of have a "dirty" head or would have a dirty head but a lighter one because of the lesser?

[mainbutter]

Any BELs from a mojo x lesser breeding are usually quite clean. Lessers and butters seem to clean up greying that you see in super mojave BELs. See pic a few posts above.