The total length of the golden ring snake is 983-1500mm, with anterior groove teeth. The head is oval, the tail is extremely short, the tail is slightly triangular, the end of the tail is blunt and slightly flat, and the whole body is black and yellow with a few obvious ribs, and the black and yellow rings are almost the same width.

Gold ring snake The abdomen is gray-white, the head and back are dark brown, and the pillow and neck have dirty yellow ∧-shaped spots. The cross section of the trunk is slightly triangular, the tail end is round and blunt, the head and back have typical 9 large scales, the back scales are smooth, the body is 15 rows, and the middle row of the back scales is enlarged and hexagonal.