| Character state | hunsakeri | licki | orcutti |
| Snout-vent length, max. | 87 mm (85) | 78 mm (8) | 109 mm (28) |
| Posterior supraocular contacting superciliary |
62(66) 94% | 0(16)0% | 3(20) 15% |
| Supernumeraries between supraoculars & superciliaries** |
0-6(1.9) (33) | 0-6 (3.1) (16) |
- |
| Specimens with internasal scale deviations | 1 (33) | 6(8) | 9(10) |
| Subnasal present | 43(66) 65.2% | 6(16) 37.5% | 18(20) 90% |
| Preocular divided horizontally | 47(65) 72.3% | 2(16) 12.5% |
- |
| Scales between postparietals | 2-5(3.5) (33) | 2-3(2.9) (8) | 2-4(2.6) (10) |
| Single scales between subocular and supralabials | 0-4(1.9) (65) (94.9% 1 or more) | 0-2(0.8) (16)
|
0-1 + (23.8% 1 or more) |
| Scales in preanal escutcheon 65 mm + s-v ♂♂ |
7-19(11.7) | 4-7(4.6) |
- |
| Frontoparietals separated | (33) 33(33) 100% |
- |
43(61) 70.5% |
| Adult ground color | ♂ iridescent bronze-green to blue; ♀ dull, slaty dark green to brown | ♂♀ rich tan to brown; ♂ overwashed bluish-purplish iridescence |
diagonally cross-barred |
| Dorsolateral stripe, light tan to cream | none | 2 scales wide on neck, wider, less sharply defined toward pelvis | none |
| Black shoulder patch | no center spot; white rear border |
white to iridescent blue center spot tan rear border |
- |
| Gular pattern | bars; rarely parallel paramedian lines; ad. 66 mostly or all black-suffused | bars; often parallel paramedian lines; never black-suffused | no black suffusion |
| Lateral belly patches ♂♂ | fused with gular patches; darkest laterally or all dark |
not fused; darkest medially | not fused; no black suffusion |
| Habitat | petricolous, low to intermediate altitude | arboricolous, intermediate to high altitude | petricolous |
| Reaction | very wary | easily approached | very wary |
* Parenthetic figures means and total specimens (or sides) counted.
** The small scales exceeding 1 complete row