Description
The snake is blue-grey to olive-grey, or greenish to brown, and it has brown, orange, or black spots on the back. The total length of adults is 32-44 in (about 81–112 cm). It has eight or 9 upper labial scaless, one of which enters the eye, two or three preocular scales, two to four postoculars, and one anterior temporal scale.
The keeled dorsal scales are arranged in 21 rows at midbody. Ventrals number 152-177; the anal plate is entire; the subcaudals number 65-87, and are divided.
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