You probably should've emailed him BEFORE you started this thread. I'm sure you were just looking for some advice, but your kinda dragging his name through the mud already. Once you figured out it was the wrong snake it should've been brought to the sellers attention asap. Coming on here with this post and then sending him an email like that could make the seller not want to work with you on resolving the problem.
You are upset you didn't get the snake pictured but you brought the problem to a public forum before you even let him know there was a problem. IMHO any and all problems that happen to occur, should be brought to the sellers attention and given a proper amount of time to be resolved before the public becomes aware. Things happen mistakes are made but give them a chance to fix it before a thread like this happens.
I do hope you get the situation resolved and mojave #6 makes his way into your collection.
Just my two pennies.
Scott Austin