[2] A. drummondhayi is a burrowing snake from the low hills of southwestern Sri Lanka.

[citation needed] The head of A. drummondhayi is indistinct from the neck, and the body is cylindrical.

A dark vertebral stripe, one scale wide, runs from the snout to the tail tip.

[citation needed] A. drummondhayi has dorsal scales arranged in 15 rows at midbody.

[citation needed] Drummond-Hay's rough-sided snake is known to lay 4 eggs at a time.