Actually, the answer is, maybe. So I don't paraphrase, this is from Ball Pythons: History, Natural History, Care, and Breeding by the Barkers, page 27:
"The visual pigments found in the rods and cones overlap their sensitivities to particular wave lengths, creating the possibility that ball pythons may be able to descriminate color."
Also:
"More interestingly, the visual pigments found in one of the cone types are very sensative to ultraviolet light, allowing ball pythons to see beyond the range of visible light for humans."
Remember, too, the information they get from their heat pits is processed in the visual centers of their brains. The infrared is a visual image to them. Do they see in the same vibrant colors that we do? Probably not . . . But I'm pretty willing to bet that they see in color nonetheless.
Now I suppose I should probably head over to the new member forum and say introduce myself
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