rusty pacific gopher?

i have this spot that i goto that is loaded with pacific gophers. well a while back i caught a pacific (?) gopher from the same spot, that was pretty different (i will post a pic when i get home from work). now, i've had/seen many pacific gopher snakes throughout my life but this one appeared almost hypomelanistic, it has rusty red blotches, an almost patternless belly with pink coloration, and little or no black. HOWEVER it does have the black tongue. i dunno... i guess i'm putting the carriage before the horse here but ultimately i'd like to find out what it is that i have because i'm tired of calling it "the cool looking gopher snake i caught". maybe its an intergrade, or its just not a pacific at all... maybe, but maybe isn't good enough, know what i mean. so i will post a pic when i get home and hopefully we can get to the bottom of this. any input would be great.

chad elmore
http://www.diablosnakefarm.com