Sean,
The snake in the first photo (the one you said is certainly not a desrt) is the animal that laid the clutch. The snake in the second photo was a pastel desert clutchmate that Amir posted. Here are the original posts from this thread with the photos in question:
And here's a thread that the OP made a while back with an updated photo of the snake that laid the clutch:
http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...ection-Update-)