CHARACTERISTICS: smooth scales; brownish dorsal scales with dark round blotches; small wide head, with a black horseshoe spot on top; aglyphous. FOOD: small mammals, geckos, wall and green lizards, and small birds. ECOLOGY AND BEHAVIOUR: terrestrial and a climber; kills prey by biting or by constriction; when in danger it coils, hisses and tries to bite.
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