Head elongated, distinct from neck; top of head golden brown; labials and throat yellowish green or pale yellow; 9 upper labials, 5th and 6th in contact with eye; 10 lower labials; 1 preocular; 2 postoculars.
Body: dorsal - golden brown with 6 to 8 black longitudinal stripes on posterior half of the body; ventral - yellowish green or pale yellow; vertebral scales not enlarged; ; dorsal midbody scale row 13; ventrals 174 to 182 (male), 178-187 (female); subcaudals 100 to 117, anal plate divided; 95 cm SVL