The upper head-scales are small, smooth, imbricate; supraocular scale narrow, rarely broken up.

The upper parts are usually bright green, rarely yellowish, greyish, or purplish brown, with or without black, brown, or reddish spots; usually a light, white, yellow, or red streak along the outer row of scales; end of tail frequently yellow or red; lower parts green, yellow, or whitish.

It is also found albeit very scarcely in the eastern region of India spanning from Odisha, Jharkhand, and West Bengal.

[citation needed] The type locality is "Vizagapatam, India", which is based on Russell (1796).

It is an arboreal snake, usually found on low to medium high bushes and trees, and often near streams.