These blotches are 3-4 scales wide and extend down to the third scale row.
They have similar stripes down each side on scale rows 2 and 3.
The eye is separated from the supralabials by 2 (rarely 3) scale rows.
There are supralabials 9, separated from the eye by 1-2 scale rows.
From top to bottom, the large scale rows gradually declined in size.
Two scale rows separate the eye from the supralabials, of which there are 7-10.
The interior scale rows on back are parallel to lateral line.
Which is perhaps why there are now big scale rows?
This snake has stripes on the third and fourth scale rows.
The latter are separated from the eye by 1-2 scale rows.