Strauch's pit viper

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• A small snake, probably not much longer than 50 cm in total length.1
• A greenish brown, yellowish brown or nut brown base colour, with four long stripes that are sometimes broken up or form a zigzag or spotted pattern.1
• Young snakes show the stripes clearly, while older ones are dark or even uniformly black.1
• A dark stripe runs behind the eye, bordered below by pale scales.1

Bieži jauc ar: It is distinguished from G. monticola, a related pit viper, by its higher midbody dorsal scale count (the number of scale rows along the middle of the back).1