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What is this little pink one?

Terrazzo is a pattern. Vanishing stripe is a variation of the stripe pattern, a much more common pattern than the terrazzo pattern.
 
I'm sorry, but probably because I'm new to this, I still don't understand. How do you tell the difference between a vanishing stripe and terrazzo through appearance? Is it based on the coloring of the scales after the stripe ends? Do terrazzos have the speckles and the stripes don't, or is not based on appearance as much as it is on genes since the two are (to my unexperienced eyes) fairly similar in appearance? Feel free to tell me to shut up if I'm being to annoyingly noobish lol
 
Terrazzos just look different. Look at the site Ian's Vivarium to see more photos. Plus, it would be very odd to see a normal terrazzo for sale in a pet shop, much less a morph.
 
Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to argue with you by saying it is a terrazzo. I trust your experience and knowledge, it was just that I was having a hard time telling the difference between the two and was hoping for some info so that I can learn. I've been looking at the site, but it just didn't have a ton of info on the distinguishing mark(s) that would make a snake one or the other.
 
If you lool at a picture of a terrazzo (sp?) On iansvivarium.com you will see why that yours is not a terrazzo! Definitely amel stripe.
 
Again.. I was looking at the site and I'm not saying the one at the store is one, I was just trying to learn a little more about the morphs that I don't know pretty much anything about. I'm looking for info, not just pictures.
 
Do you understand that the snake in your photos has two homozygous genes, amel and stripe?

I'll look tomorrow when I'm at work and see if I can find a written description of the difference between stripe and terrazzo. They are two different genes, and bred together, would produce neither, just normal saddle-patterned corns.
 
The type of customers that we get are typically interested the name of their snake's morph. I'm trying to become more knowledgeable about identifying based on appearance. This no longer is about identifying the snake in the picture since that is now resolved. So, while I realize that genetics are obviously the reason, it doesn't really help me much since neither I nor the majority of people I interact with are interested in breeding.

Perhaps I should have made a new post asking for information about the two morphs, but I thought it was going to be as easy as "this morph has this feature" type of answer. I'm sorry if I wasn't clearer.
 
So something that might help a lot is the Cornsnake Morph Guide, which is now available digitally only. I will try to explain what distinguishes Terrazzo. Terrazzo originated in Upper Keys corns, so think of that typical coloration. Very hypo, no black borders, a creamy white belly (as opposed to other corns with the snow white belly), generally no checkers. Add the Terrazzo pattern to that. The stripe starts out as with a regular stripe, but breaks up and blurs out further down the snake (like vanishing stripe). So I think the answer you're looking for, how do we know it isn't a Terrazzo, is more by coloration, rather than pattern. Terrazzos have dark eyes. Amel stripes have red eyes. Terrazzos have a sort of speckling to their sides which is also not typical in stripes.

If you search on here for my Boot Keys that I sent to John Finsterwald, Phoenix and Scarlett, you can see what Upper Keys typical coloration looks like, without the pattern. Then, imagine that with the Terrazzo pattern added to it.

Then you could compare my snakes Loco or Zora, pinstripe Miami motleys, to the Terrazzo pattern. Miami has a coloration somewhat similar to Upper Keys, but again, you can see how although the pattern is striped, it is different from Terrazzo.
 
The site that I've been referencing, iansvivarium, does list an albino terrazzo with red eyes. If I saw it in person, how would I know that it too wasn't a vanishing stripe? Is it still about coloration?
 
I don't know- maybe you won't. That's where knowing an amel terrazzo isn't just going to be floating around wholesaled to a petshop comes into play. Unless someone has made a terrible mistake.
 
Like I said, I'm just trying to understand the difference, I don't expect to get one through the store
 
Terrazzo's are all about the pattern, and they apparently run the range from having extremely "fractured" patterns to very clean ones, which could make be mistaken for a stripe or vp stripe. Fwiw the pic on the first page looks like a striped amel :)
 
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