I can NOT wait to see that eye candy tomorrow!! And I am insanely jealous of what you are attempting to do, so we're even!
I am almost 100% sure this guy will prove out het leopard and so is Manny. Several other folks I know who work with leopards agree. He has some telltail markers for the gene: his amazing tail pattern, the broken and spotted saddles, and the very dark and distinct head markings are all markers for the leopard gene. There were also a good number of visual leopards in his litter.
Thanks very much everyone!! I will make an attempt to post some unboxing pictures! This is the first snake I've had actually shipped to my house (usually I pick them up AT the FedEx facility), so I'm sitting on pins and needles a bit. But the tracking shows that he is on the truck for delivery, so it should be soon!