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Adults grow to about {{convert|50|cm|in|round=0.5|abbr=on}} in length and have a weight near 210 grams. Neonates are about {{convert|8|in|cm}} in length and about 4 grams in weight. After a year they average about 25 grams in weight. This makes them smaller than either the Children's python, ''[[Antaresia childreni|A. childreni]]'', and the spotted python, ''[[Antaresia maculosa|A. maculosa]]''. ''A. perthensis'' usually has a redder background ground color than these other species and their spots fade, or become less distinct, as they mature. In contrast, the ground color is lighter in ''childreni'' and ''maculosa'', while their spots stay better defined throughout their life.
==Distribution and habitat==
Found in [[Australia]] in the northwest of [[Western Australia]] and on some coastal islands. The [[Type locality (biology)|type locality]] given is "Perth, West Australia" (Western Australia); an erroneous assumption of the place where the specimen was collected. The unfamiliarity of Europeans with the place of a specimen's collection has given rise to other 'naming peculiarities'.<ref name ="Bush"/> According to L.A. Smith (1985), the type locality is unknown.<ref name="McD99"/>
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