Head and neck: black with scattered yellow scales; head relatively slender; enlarged supraocular scales 5 to 6; yellow stripe from behind the eye, through tympanum and middle of nuchal area; gular with variable amount of small dark speckling and bands;
Body: dorsal - dark grey to black with transverse crossbands of yellow ocelli with dark centers(eye spots); 50 cm SVL; midbody scale row 131-145. Ventral - uniform pale yellow with dark markings.
Limbs and tail: Dorsal surface of limbs same color as body; digits terminate with recurved claws; tail anterior 1/3 with traverse crossbands of yellow ocelli.