The specific epithet campbelli honours a Mr W.D.

Campbell who collected the type specimen in 1928 in the vicinity of Almaden, Queensland.

[2] The species grows to an average of about 40 cm in length.

There are dark brown to black bands along the length of the orange to reddish-brown body, the dark bands similar in width to the spaces separating them.

[2] The species occurs in northern Queensland, including the Cape York Peninsula, its range extending as far south as Longreach, in woodland habitats.