For its
genus, S. richardson is stockily-built and long. Adults may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 4 cm (1.6 in) and a tail length of 3.5 cm (1.4 in). All the
dorsal scales are large,
keeled, and imbricate (overlapping). There is no middorsal granular row.[5]
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