The Ambanja males show a bright green to yellow basic colour, partly with bluish particles. The vertical stripes are distinct blue or dark blue with red dots. The lateral stripes are white but can also have a bluish colour. The 2^nd and 3^rd vertical stripes from the back to the belly form a ‘Y’. Lips and the corners of the mouth are white to yellow, the head shimmers green with red particles. The lids can be red with yellow radial pattern.

The females are mud coloured with darker horizontal stripes (West of Ambanja) respectively brownish black (North of Ambanja). The lateral stripe is whitely grey, the lips and corners of the mouth are yellow. The head has bluish scales. The cranial edges are distinct red.

Stressed animal (5 month old).