Weakly granular dorsum with a prominent lanceolate crest starting on neck and terminating on lower back.

[5] Sub-adult males are generally brown, olive and green on dorsum with laterals, often with dark reticulations.

Females rust red dorolaterally with oval spots formed from reticulations on the sides of body.

Arboreal in habit, they live in tree trunks and on lianas often near streams.

Up to four eggs (length 22 mm each) are laid per clutch at intervals of three months.