So far as I know... "high gold" is just a descriptive term used to express a particular shade of coloring on a normal ball python. They have such variable colors within the "normal" range....even within the same snake, sometimes. A snake that is "high gold" as a juvi may brown out to more familiar colors as it ages.


Sorry, I don't have any links to back that up, though. Just my understanding of things as of now.