Ball pythons have well-defined patterns colored with yellows, browns and black.
The top of the head is dark bordered with pale canthal stripes. The eyes are black. There typically is a series of pale vertebral blotches that coalesce to form a pale stripe on the posterior body and tail, and large pale lateral blotches. West African specimens have black lateral blotches centered in the pale lateral blotches. There are records of a number of specimens with anomalous and unique patterns and colors.