Lets talk lesser and butters

[Crazy4Herps]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't butters/lessers first produced by Ralph Davis? And I could swear I read/heard him say that there was definitely a difference. I believe that the one who created the first morph of its kind is the only one with the right to label it or not label it as the same or different than something else.

In any case, I'm interested to hear what others may think about it. I personally think that the two are distinguishable, but I am fairly clueless when it comes to morphs.

[JoeEllisReptiles]

Ok so I email ralph the picture of my lesser/ butter and asked him the same questions. Is this a lesser or a butter or a platty and really is there a difference? This was his response.

"That is a really pretty "lesser or butter"...........there really is no
difference I have found other than butters are a little more yellow and brighter
than most lessers.


Thanks,
Ralph

Ralph Davis Reptiles, LLC
Office : 410-876-8093
Cell : 410-984-5194"

[J.Vandegrift]

Ok so I email ralph the picture of my lesser/ butter and asked him the same questions. Is this a lesser or a butter or a platty and really is there a difference? This was his response.

"That is a really pretty "lesser or butter"...........there really is no
difference I have found other than butters are a little more yellow and brighter
than most lessers.

The big guys have known for years that they are the same. I wish a few more would just come out publicly and say it. I think the lesser/butter debate has gone on way too long.

[NomiGold]

To my very untrained eyes they do seem to be the same morph, simply having different names. The only distinction I can think of it that lessers hail from the Platinum morph, but on that note I do not know if butters came from a similar daddy morph or were imported as-is.

[Wildman09]

Ok, so from what I skimmed through and read, making a Platinum IS possible by using a Butter rather then a Lesser?

I am wanting to put a Lesser with a few "Interesting" females this coming season and worse case, I get more lessers..lol..

[J.Vandegrift]

Ok, so from what I skimmed through and read, making a Platinum IS possible by using a Butter rather then a Lesser?

I am wanting to put a Lesser with a few "Interesting" females this coming season and worse case, I get more lessers..lol..

Anything you can make with a lesser you can make with a butter.

[Subdriven]

What heard/read is the adult versions are different on the 2.. 1 gets lighter, 1 gets darker... correct me if I'm wrong

[sookieball]

i have a butter, he's pretty.

i like lesser's. they're pretty.

same? i dont personally think so.

their combos make slight differences.
key word difference.

i believe they are not the diffsame.
meaning, lesser's are nice. but i like butter's.

but im also a fatty. so obviously i'd go for butter over lesser-er.

[Dave763]

Here is a clutch we just hatched. What do you see?
Hint, the mom is a spider.

[Freakie_frog]

Here is a clutch we just hatched. What do you see?
Hint, the mom is a spider.

I see what look like Mojaves and lessers and Mojave spiders and Lesser bees..