Thanks so much! He looks a lot more like them than anything else I've seen. The tone of his color seems different, but it's hard to tell in pictures--even the ones I put up of him don't really show his coloration. His yellows have a greenish tint to them in some lighting. His lighter yellows pop when he's in the sunlight. At first glance something about his eyes says "Burm" more than "Ball" but they're not small, just beady black.

I'm not sure if I'm seeing his baseline behavior either. This guy is lightweight for a ball python. He could definitely use some groceries. When I pick him up he has no "heft" to him and it feels like I'm holding a cornsnake. He settled down a lot after he drank for 10 minutes, had the bits of stuck shed soaked off, and had a good ratting. I figure that after a few weeks of feeding and watering I'll start seeing how he really is and not just how he acts on a bad day.