The belly is pale yellow. The tongue is mostly black. The iris is yellowish. The scales are weakly keeled , and there are 27 dorsal scale rows at midbody. The pupil is round.
Juveniles are gray with black blotches .
Mike Nieses photo. In Florida, it is found from the northeastern peninsula south to the southern tip of Florida. Here, adults may be gray with both black stripes and blotches . Here, adults may be yellow-orange with faint blotches . Outside of Florida, this subspecies is found along the Atlantic coast from southeastern Georgia to North Carolina.