I must have missed that part, I didn't know that the mother was never seen.
Any possibility she was an enchi? Enchi's have green eyes and that's really what the side pattern reminds me of. I have also seen them with the "spiderish" pattern.
In fact:
Bad lighting and a cell phone pic which really isn't helping the case right now, but you can sort of get the idea of the side specks I'm talking about.
As you can see, mine is an UGLY enchi, he was given to us by a breeder friend because he needed to make room. Only recently did he start coloring up a bit. So perhaps your snake is an ugly enchi and hasn't quite started getting his adult color. He looks pretty little still in the photos. Not baby sized, but he'll definitely grow a bit more. And really, only in the last shed did mine start getting better colors.
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