Difference between a butter and a lesser?

[DooLittle]

Here is my butter.

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[The Serpent Merchant]

Here is my butter.

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Looks really good, one of the nicer ones I have seen

[rabernet]

For those who think they can tell the difference between the two - which one is the butter and which one is the lesser in this picture?

[RobNJ]

For those who think they can tell the difference between the two - which one is the butter and which one is the lesser in this picture?

Just for kicks, as I think they're the same...the busier, darker one is butter and the other is lesser.

[The Serpent Merchant]

Just for kicks, as I think they're the same...the busier, darker one is butter and the other is lesser.

I would have said the exact opposite, but I have a feeling they are both the same lol

[DooLittle]

I would guess butter on the outside lesser on the inside. Just because the one on the outside looks closer to mine. And I saw recently some one post pics of what they called a lesser that looked like the inside one. Or are they both just different examples of one? Boy, this is apparantly a very debatable topic. I was just curious.

[Domepiece]

For those who think they can tell the difference between the two - which one is the butter and which one is the lesser in this picture?

I think your trying to trick us and they are either both lessers or both butters Im colorblind and cant tell the difference between butters and lessers either but I do think that their combos look a bit different which makes me think they are about the same but with a slight mutation making them a little different when mixed with other genes.

[satomi325]

I'm going to guess that the one on top is the Lesser and the bottom one is the Butter.



Here's my lesser for any comparison.

[West Coast Jungle]

Different lines of the same gene.

Ralph Davis once told me even though they are co-dom the other snake, be it normal or morph, that it is paired with can effect the look of the offspring. So now a days we are seeing a large variety of lessers and butters not only from their lines but from past breeding. Back in the day when you paid $30,000 for a lesser male, most breeders would breed it to as many normal females as they could and the offspring picked up traits the pairing be it clean or dirty, browner or yellower, etc...

All Lessers come from Ralph's original lesser and butters were different lines brought in from Africa that looked different until they were all proven compatable.

[heathers*bps]

I say its a slight color difference