Mystery Lesser Clutch? Help ID?

[Animals As Leaders]

Alright I gotta ask...

I always thought Lesser's and lesser platinums were the same just a different name. Can someone explain what exactly "platinum" means and why they differ from lessers. They seem hypoish is that the only difference?

[Oxylepy]

Alright Platinum consist of 2 genes in the BEL complex (alleles at the same locus). One is Lesser, the other is Daddy (in Platinums). When Butter or Lesser are accompanied by the Daddy gene they produce Butter Daddys or Platy Daddys (Platinums).

[Chad Hulker]

Thanks again everyone. I took a few more pics to share that show there color better...and one of Mom and Dad. I bred the same sire to other females but this one is the only one that took..how fortunate for me!









Here's one of Mom


And the Lesser sire

[crzyflsrepdennis]

My lesser is way different than yours. Mine has much more yellow. I think yours is very platinum looking. I always thought it was silver, but man! Congratulations on a great clutch. I'll take a pair for sticking by you for all these years!

[abi21491]

Wow, lucky you! Congrats!

[h00blah]

i agree - go buy a lottery ticket

[JasonG]

What a great feeling. This is why we breed bps. Congrats!

[Oxylepy]

i agree - go buy a lottery ticket

I'm pretty sure that isnt how the mystical "luck" concept works. They needed to buy the ticket around the time they put the snakes together. By now the streak is over.

[loonunit]

Yeah, Dad is a pretty stunning lesser to begin with. I'm not sure if I'd call him a full-blown platinum if I saw him alone... but he certainly made me do a double take and go running to look at RDR's platinum pics:

http://www.ralphdavisreptiles.com/co...all_python.asp

[TessadasExotics]

Hmm after seeing the daddy I would almost be willing to bet that he's the culprit. Looks more platy to me than lesser. Could just be the pic though.