Description
Dorsum olive-brown. Some red blotches on each side of the anterior portion of the body, and one red blotch on each side of the tail near the vent. Ventrum variegated with yellow and red.
Adults may attain 34 cm (13⅜ inches) in total length.
Dorsal scales arranged in 17 rows at midbody, in 19 rows behind the head. Ventrals 127-136; subcaudals 8-10.
Snout obtuse. Rostral slightly more than ¼ the length of the shielded part of the head. Portion of rostral visible from above as long as its distance from the frontal. Nasals in contact with each other behind the rostral. Frontal slightly longer than broad. Diameter of eye ½ or slightly more than ½ the length of the ocular shield. Diameter of body 25 to 33 times in the total length. Ventrals two times as broad as the contiguous scales. End of tail flat dorsally, obliquely truncate, with strongly bicarinate or tricarinate scales. Terminal scute with a transverse ridge and two points.
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