This species counts with 105
vertebrae. The head, nuchal region and trunk are dorsoventrally compressed, with its body's maximal girth being near the midbody. Its tail is upturned towards the tip. The animal's head is short, with a length of about . Its eyes are closer to the top of its head than to its lip, and are surrounded by a narrow whitish ring; its eye diameter approximates 0.6mm (its
lens being no larger than its
naris). Its nares are slightly posterior to level of the anterior margin of its mouth. Its teeth are slender and recurved, while its tongue is not strongly plicate. Its
choanae are narrow, the distance between them being four or five times their greatest width. It possesses fifteen denticulations around its
vent. While in preservation, the animal is of a lilac-grey colour with a brownish tinge, being slightly paler ventrally. Lateral stripes extend from about the second or third posteriormost
annulus to about the eye level on the upper jaw. Narrow and pale lines extend dorsally and are thickest near the nares. In life, its dorsum is a dark reddish grey, while the
venter is pale reddish grey, and its narrow lateral stripes a bright yellow, its vent disc being
mauvish. ==Distribution==