Identifying Pastel Lessers

[Uncle Festae]

Zina, I love the head on yours! Very cool! Do you know what line of Pastel is in there?

[spk329]

Here's my Pastel Woma with my Pastel Lesser

[zina10]

Zina, I love the head on yours! Very cool! Do you know what line of Pastel is in there?

Thank you Its what caught my attention as well, fell in love with it

Her color is actually just like the snake on the right in your second picture. I have a HARD time capturing her bright yellow color ! She always seems to look washed out in pictures, she has a true bright light yellow color in her pattern.

I was told she was from a citrus (or lemon?) line of pastel.

[sookieball]

i may be late, but you can tell its pastel lesser by the eyes. ....


i love pastels.

[Adam Chandler]

First of I want to say a big THANK YOU to everyone for all the informative replies, pictures and advice. Everyone has been very helpful.

have any plans for her?

Yes! I have a awesome Killer Bee I would love to bred to her. If I could get a Queen Bee or even a Killer Queen out of that clutch I'm pretty sure I could die a happy man.

I would guess lesser pastel due to the fading and blushing, and the fact that that's what she was sold to you as

(I like her, BTW, even if she isn't screamingly yellow )

Thank you I don't doubt she is a Pastel Lesser because I bought her from a long time breeder friend and I really don't think he would misled me. What worried me was that as a BP breeder and I couldn't tell difference between her and a nice adult Lesser, I mean what kind of breeder can't tell the subtle difference between morphs? Not a very good one I'd say. But now I know as hatchlings the difference is obvious and for adults you can differentiate mostly by eye color and head blushing.

here is my pastel lesser, for example
I would say due to the blushing, pastel lesser ?

Thank you for the comparison pictures, you really do have one of the best looking Pastel Lesser's I've seen. It really is a perfect example of the morph. Although I still think my new P. Lesser girl is good looking too, especially for her age.

The blushing says Pastel lesser. Good luck with her shes a beauty either way!

Thank you!

[don15681]

Thank you I don't doubt she is a Pastel Lesser because I bought her from a long time breeder friend and I really don't think he would misled me. What worried me was that as a BP breeder and I couldn't tell difference between her and a nice adult Lesser, I mean what kind of breeder can't tell the subtle difference between morphs? Not a very good one I'd say. But now I know as hatchlings the difference is obvious and for adults you can differentiate mostly by eye color and head blushing.

don't be so hard on yourself. the longer you do this, the easier it gets.
I've seen some of the breeders on k.s. have morphs on there that were very questionable. and some of us will bring it up at reptile shows with the other breeders, and we usually all agree. and with new morphs having so many genes in them, it's going to be that this snake came from this breeding, instead of saying what it is.yes, you will be able to see some of what's in it, and the rest, well, maybe we will have possibles like we do with the possible hets!!