is this a normal bp?

ok so i have my snake and it looks like a normal (top one) but the one on the bottom which my friend gave to me has a different coloring...is it a normal or something else?...we bought them at the same time from petco and then i researched more about them and i'm generally new to balls but if it is normal it's a weird color, am i right?

http://www.ball-pythons.net/gallery/.../3/4/0/sep.bmp

http://www.ball-pythons.net/gallery/...4/0/snakes.bmp

wow! it's beautiful! but it does look normal to my untrained eyes! luv the rich color!

yea i was a bit confused that's why i took the pic of the two bp's together so i could show the contrast

normals do vary in coloration and pattern. The bottom one is a cool looking normal though.

Yup, he's a normal - you should see the contrasting differences in all of my normals. From very dark, to very light - to no blushing to extrememe blushing. All normals and all beautiful!

remember hets also look normal. You might have something special you might not...you could ask your friend for more info on it.

well we got them at the same time from petco so i highly doubt it's a het and he's giving it to me cuz he only got one cuz i got one but he has no idea how to care for one i've been taking care of his for a while so i'm just gonna keep it.