Same genes, different names...?

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subtle differences can often be remarked on, however there are always other genes at play that can change the appearance of the snake.

And do not forget the effects of selective/line breeding (even if it is done subconsciously) which can also influence "differences"

Toffee/Candy?

Toffee and Candy are absolutely the same. The original two animals were imported at the same time in the same bag and were siblings.

I just bought 2 'paint' gene snakes. I believe that is the same as 'nazca'. And i think theres another out there that is similar.

Neo (from RDR) and Sentinel (from Bill Stegal). Mark Haas had one too, cannot remember what it was called

I have heard recently people calling fire and vanilla the same but i think theyre just allelic?

Vanilla and Fire are allelic but definitely not the same, SuperVanilla are nothing like SuperFire.

Many people suggest black pastel and cinnamon are the same, but i myself disagree on that one.

I agree with you that BlkPastel and Cinny are different but there are others in the complex that are most likely the same, like HRA and GreenPastel and Lori

I will also note that there are multiple lines of both BlkPastel and Cinny that have been imported.

Hypo, ghost, and orange ghost are accepted by most to be the same gene, but the line varies the color vivacity.

A caution here that there are some lines of Hypo that are not compatible. GCR-line Hypo has proven to be non-compatible and Graziani has two lines of Hypo (G1 and G2) that are also totally separate