The flower-tailed oblique scale snake is non-venomous.

The back of the body is dark brown, and there are about 22 almost diamond-shaped yellow-brown stripes in the center of the body. The yellow-brown spots merge on the back of the body to form a yellow-brown central longitudinal line to the caudal end, with black longitudinal bands on both sides of the central longitudinal line and black markings on both sides of the ventral scales.

The head of the snakehead has a ^-shaped black spot, and the top Originating from the back edge of the forehead scales, extending to the back of the corners of the mouth on both sides, the outer edge is khaki. There is a black band from the back of the eyes to the corner of the mouth, and an arrow-shaped black spot on the neck, the tip reaching the rear edge of the top scale. Lives in mountain forests and preys on frogs.