[4] Found in southern India in Wynaad, Travancore (in Nalumukku at 1,350 m elevation and Oothu at 1,300 m), the Manimuthar Hills (in the Western Ghats of the Tinnevelly district) and Nyamakad (Western Ghats of the Kerala Munar Hills at 2,200 m).

The type locality given is "Anamallay forests; 4,000 feet elevation.

Eye distinct from the neighboring shields, of moderate size.

Supraocular about as large as the eye, as long as or shorter than the prefrontals.

In females dorsal scales of the tail smooth or faintly keeled.