Key Identification Features
- This species has two distinct forms based on the prominence of a white stripe, and this dimorphism is not strictly separated by gender.
- Its base color is pale brown, yellowish-brown, or grey, marked with many small black-edged eyespots, and it usually has a paler lateral line running along each side of its body.
- rueppellii may actually consist of two distinct species.
- Juveniles are dark brown to black, with five distinct white to yellowish stripes running along the body and a bright blue tail.
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