The token passed in as an argument in the constructor is overriden by the CONSUL_HTTP_TOKEN (if set): https://github.com/cablehead/python-consul/blob/d056ff5c4efc6a5642775ad66600864e3f0f6cbc/consul/base.py#L311

The same is true with the host and port (and others!):
https://github.com/cablehead/python-consul/blob/d056ff5c4efc6a5642775ad66600864e3f0f6cbc/consul/base.py#L297-L299

I would argue that this is not the behaviour most would expect. It would be better if the precedence order was argument > env > default.