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Hi I'm new to Ball Pythons (& snakes in general).

I have a bunch of questions

I keep seeing "lesser" ball pythons. What does the "lesser" mean?

I'm looking for brightly colored ball pythons & cool symmetrical patterns.

Can you all give me some suggestions on what morphs to look for?
 
P&A Pythons said:
TRY WWW.WORLDOFBALLPYTHONS.COM
CLICK MORPH LIST
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Thats a good start, lesser specifically is a co-dominant morph and is "het" for Blue Eyes Leucistic so if you take a Lesser x Lesser you would get (out of 4 eggs) 1 Normal, 2 Lessers, and 1 Blue Eyed Lucy. There are plenty of co-doms like pastel, yellowbelly, enchi ect. If you ever have any genetics questions feel free to ask! There are plenty of good (smart) people on here!!
 
P&A Pythons said:
TRY WWW.WORLDOFBALLPYTHONS.COM
CLICK MORPH LIST
Click to expand...

Wow that is a big list! I wish it had small thumbnail pics or something so you didn't have to click on all 2573 different morphs to see what it looks like. :p
Pretty comprehensive though. I'll have to take a couple days off & look through them all. lol


Is there a shorter list or some key words to search for?

I'm interested in bright yellows & blacks.
Also I'm not going to spend over $800.

Do any of the ball python morphs have other bright colors like orange?
 
Pythonbreeder99 said:
lesser specifically is a co-dominant morph and is "het" for Blue Eyes Leucistic so if you take a Lesser x Lesser you would get (out of 4 eggs) 1 Normal, 2 Lessers, and 1 Blue Eyed Lucy.
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Sometimes...the percentages given in any genetics calculator are per egg/baby. So applying those numbers correctly, it means each baby has a 25% chance of bring a normal, 50% chance of being a lesser, 25% chance of being a BEL. Statistically, the results will be what Cody stated...but that requires substantial quantities for the numbers to apply. Ball python clutches beat the odds, or lose hard, pretty frequently because the sample size isn't statistically significant.
 
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