I'm glad you said it because I was thinking the same thing initially. The female is already too big to be an SD. A true SD, meaning a Kayudi or Koaloata locale would be 5ft for an adult male and 5 1/2 to possibly 6ft for an adult female. I owned an imported male of roughly 5-6 years of age which was a thin and tiny 5ft.
There are also the Honey Island SD's which are generally less than a foot bigger and slightly thicker than the true SD's. My own Honey Island female is an adult of 4 1/2-5 years old now and barely 6ft.
Then there are the Dwarf species which get quite a bit larger. A Dwarf female can reach the same size as a mainland male.
It's possible that yours are dwarf Retic's I suppose, but they couldn't be true SD's. The scales on the head of the one I can see are a clear indicator of that. All of these Retic sub species have different head scale count, shape, and pattern, as well as a different number of heat pits. The eye color of yours is wrong too.
Please read this thread. I put diagrams in post #10 for reference.
http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showthread.php?t=148946
Here is another thread with a link full of photos and explanations of all the retic locale's.
http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showthread.php?t=169481
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