Characteristics: Small to medium-size serpent measuring about 1.30m in length. It has varied gray, orange, brown, moss, olive, blackish, yellow, and red coloring. It may have patterns in the shape of trapezoids on its body, mimicking Botrhops. Its belly is light-colored and it has a very clear post-ocular stripe. Its teething is aglyphous.

Distribution: It occurs in all biomes in Brazil, in the Northeast, Central, Southeastern, and Southern regions. It occurs in all biomes in Brazil, in the Northeast, Central, Southeastern, and Southern regions.

Habitat: Open formations, wetlands, swamps, lakes, and ponds.

Habits: Diurnal, crepuscular, nocturnal, terrestrial, semi-aquatic. Normally associated with the vegetation on the margins of bodies of water, wetlands, floodplains and swamps.

Diet: Anurophagous (preferably feeds of frogs).

Breeding: Oviparous, laying 6 to 40 eggs per spawning.

UFRA: Species seen only once, between the Drainage Ditch and Organic Sugarcane Field environments.