Lesser Ball python

Co-dominant (incomplete dominant) morph

Inheritance
Co-dominant (incomplete dominant)
Super form
Super Lesser
Allelic with
Butter, Mojave, Mystic, Phantom, Russo
Also called
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How Lesser is inherited

Lesser is co-dominant: one copy produces a visual Lesser, and two copies produce the Super Lesser. Breeding a Lesser to a normal gives about 50% Lesser babies.

New to these terms? See the genetics glossary.

Lesser is allelic with Butter, Mojave, Mystic, Phantom, Russo: they sit at the same spot on the chromosome, so an animal can carry at most two of them, and pairing them produces combination morphs.

BEL complex.

Breeding outcomes

Odds per egg. Try your own pairing in the genetics calculator.

Lesser × Normal

  • 50%Lesser
  • 50%Normal

Lesser × Lesser

  • 50%Lesser
  • 25%Normal
  • 25%Super Lesser

Super Lesser × Normal

  • 100%Lesser

Lesser × Butter

  • 25%Butter
  • 25%Butter Lesser
  • 25%Lesser
  • 25%Normal

Lesser × Mojave

  • 25%Lesser
  • 25%Lesser Mojave
  • 25%Mojave
  • 25%Normal

Lesser × Mystic

  • 25%Lesser
  • 25%Lesser Mystic
  • 25%Mystic
  • 25%Normal
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