The specific name, bibroni, is in honor of Gabriel Bibron (1806–1848), French zoologist and herpetologist.

[1] In August 2013, a dead specimen was discovered on the highway passing through Mudumalai National Park at an elevation of 894 m (2,933 ft).

The anterior chin shields are small, much shorter than posterior, and are in contact with third and fourth lower labials.

[3] Coloration is cherry-red to dark purplish brown above, red beneath, with black crossbands which are sometimes continuous across the belly.

[3] C. bibroni is ophiophagous, specializing in preying upon snakes of the family Uropeltidae.