Identification of Sandstorm Ball python?

I’ve never seen a snake quite like this guy.

So he was sold to me as a Cypress Honey Mojave het hypo.

But I could never mimic those genes in looking for a mate. So I google lensed his photo and got back two different results.
Sandstorm? And Orange Ghost? So since I

wouldn’t even know where to begin to get him shed tested I wanted to ask for help identifying him.
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Another picture

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Do you mean sandblast?
Orange Ghost is a line of hypo.

Do you know anything about the pairing that produced this snake?

So this snake is not a Mojave honey. They’re allelic and part of the blue eye lucy complex. The snake would be white with a yellow stripe.

They also don’t appear to be cypress honey to me.
My guess would be cypress het hypo.

I would probably consider testing for cypress and hypo. Unless someone else has a different opinion on it.

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I’d like to add that this is not a reliable method for morph ID, google lense is not trained on what to look for in morphs, especially those that are very similar in appearance. It most likely just sees the snake and tries to show you comparisons of other random Ball Pythons.

If you’re planning on breeding I’d highly reccomend familiarizing yourself with IDing at least a majority of the common morphs first and foremost, and also get this snake shed tested because the Honey Mojave as @armiyana mentioned is not accurate.

Edit:

You can get him shed tested through RGI on their website or thru MorphMarket.

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