Trinket Snake

The trinket snake, or common trinket snake, is a non-venomous constricting colubrid found in Sri Lanka, southern India, Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh. The specific name helena is thought to refer to Helen of Troy. The type locality is Vishakhapatnam, India (Daudin 1803). The dorsal scales are in 23 to 27 rows at midbody, smooth or feebly keeled towards the rear (Wikipedia, general species account).

The young are pale brown above with black crossbands, each enclosing four to six white ocelli, while adults are darker brown. No status is given for it in the Sri Lanka National Red List 2012 list checked.