Many-banded Tree Snake

The many-banded tree snake is a rear-fanged colubrid. It is greyish above with oblique black crossbars and a series of whitish spots along the spine. On the head a pair of black streaks runs from the front head scales to the back of the head, another from the eye to the corner of the jaw, and another along the nape, and the upper lip scales are edged in black (Wikipedia, general species account).

Underneath it is spotted or checkered with dark brown or black. Adults are about 875 mm in total length. It is found in India from Himachal Pradesh to Sikkim, and in Nepal and Bhutan.