The ranges of the two species do not overlap and are separated by the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River.

It has a slender, cylindrical body with 23 rows of lanceolate, strongly keeled dorsal scales.

The dorsal surface is a dark, slightly metallic color in living individuals, with a yellowish patch on the head occipital.

It is currently known from two specimens: the holotype was found near a mountain stream with shrubs under subtropical evergreen broadleaved forest in Huangyan Village, Hecheng District, Huaihua, and the paratype was discovered in Wazizhai, Ningxiang County, Changsha.

[1] The holotype specimen was discovered moving from leaf litter to a stream at night, suggesting the species may be nocturnal.