A slender, solid snake with a small, rounded head. The tail is short; males have shorter tails. The back is slate-grey, light brown or olive-brown, with a median series of dark, squarish blotches flanked by narrow dark bars. Mouth lining is black.
Class
Reptilia
Distribution
Throughout the subcontinent. Elsewhere, to Sudan in the north and Gambia in the west.
Breeding
It lays 6 - 25 eggs in summer; these take 80 - 90 days to hatch.
