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The [[Dorsum (anatomy)|dorsal]] colour pattern is dark olive-brown with darkened blotches. The belly is pale and dull, varying from cream to yellow.<ref name="NT threatened">{{cite web|url=http://www.nt.gov.au/nreta/wildlife/animals/threatened/pdf/herps/oenpelli_python_vu.pdf|title=Oenpelli python. ''Morelia oenpelliensis''|last=Woinarsk|first=J.|work=Threatened Species of the Northern Territory|publisher=Northern Territory Government|access-date=2008-10-22|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080903062030/http://www.nt.gov.au/nreta/wildlife/animals/threatened/pdf/herps/oenpelli_python_vu.pdf|archive-date=2008-09-03}}</ref>
The Oenpelli python is able to change its [[animal colouration|skin colouration]], which tends to be lighter at night and darker in the daytime.<ref name=JCM>{{cite web|url=http://www.giantconstrictingsnakes.com/MoreliaOenpellensis.html
The eggs of the Oenpelli python have been described as "huge".<ref name=Mur97/> At {{convert|110.5|by|60|mm|in|abbr=on}}, they are almost twice the size of those for the related amethystine python (''[[Amethystine python|Simalia amethystina]]''), which are reported as {{convert|70|-|98|by|45-56|mm|in|abbr=on}}.<ref name=Mur97>{{cite book|last1=Murphy|first1=J. C.|last2=Henderson|first2=R. W.|year=1997|title=Tales of Giant Snakes: A Historical Natural History of Anacondas and Pythons|publisher=Krieger Pub. Co.|isbn=0-89464-995-7|pages=[https://archive.org/details/talesofgiantsnak00murp/page/37 37, 105]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/talesofgiantsnak00murp/page/37}}</ref>
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