The head is covered in small scales and the lips are prominently pitted.
Some specimens have a pale vertebral stripe.
This taxon is known from the vicinity of the Atherton Tableland at the base of the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland. Jungle carpets have now been bred at least four and five generations in the US and many of the resulting lineages are becoming increasingly clean, as breeders selectively seek to improve the quality of yellow and to reduce the sootiness that is typical of the taxon. Our babies are good feeders and our adults tend to cleanly switch to rats from mice. They will sit up off the floor of the cage for extended periods. Some young animals may prefer to feed from a perch.