Modest Keelback

The modest or Günther's keelback (Hebius modestus) is a natricine snake endemic to Asia, found in Meghalaya, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh in India, in Kachin and Shan in Myanmar, and in Yunnan in China. The type locality is the Khasi Hills, and in India it lives in forest at about 600–1,500 m. (The Reptile Database; Wikipedia, general species account)

Adults may reach about 60 cm in total length, with an 18 cm tail. The back is dark greyish-brown to olive-brown scattered with black spots, with a dorsolateral series of ochre-yellow, orange-brown or reddish-brown stripes, often reduced to elongate blotches, from the nape to the tail base. The belly may be yellowish, blackish or mixed. (Wikipedia, general species account)