Description
The dorsum is brown or blackish brown; some specimens may have yellowish spots, yellowish crossbars, or a yellowish lateral stripe. The ventrum is yellowish; some specimens have dark brown spots or are entirely brown. The ventral side of the tail is brown or black in the middle, and yellow on the sides.
Adults may attain a total length of 45 cm (17¾ inches).
Dorsal scales are arranged in 17 rows at mid-body (in 19 rows behind the head). Ventrals are 120-146; subcaudals are 8-12.
The snout is rounded. The rostral is ¼ the length of the shielded part of the head. Portions of the rostral are visible from above and shorter than its distance from the frontal. Nasals are in contact with each other behind the rostral. The frontal is slightly longer than it is broad. Te diameter of the eye is more than half the length of the ocular shield. The total length of the snake is 21 to 29 times the diameter of the body. The ventrals are 2 times as large as the contiguous scales. The end of tail is flat dorsally, obliquely truncate, with strongly keeled scales which are bicarinate, tricarinate, or quadricarinate. It has a terminal scute with a transverse ridge and 2 points.
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