The preferred natural habitat of U. guentheri is forest, at altitudes of 70–1,800 m (230–5,910 ft).[1]
Description
Dorsally, U. guentheri is dark brown with white lines. Ventrally, it is reddish orange.[2] It may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 19 in (48 cm).[4]
^Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN978-1-4214-0135-5. (Urotheca guentheri, p. 111).
Dunn ER (1938). "A New Rhadinaea from Central America". Copeia1938 (4): 197–198. (Rhadinaea güntheri, replacement name for Tachymenis decipiens, p. 198).
Günther ACLG (1895). Biologia Centrali-Americana. Reptilia and Batrachia. London: Godman & Salvin. (Taylor and Francis, printers). 326 pp. + Plates 1–76. (Tachymenis decipiens, new species, p. 163 + Plate 53, figure a, two views).
Peters JA, Orejas-Miranda B (1970). "Catalogue of the Neotropical Squamata. Part 1. Snakes". Bulletin of the United States National Museum (297): 1–347. (Rhadinaea guentheri, p. 265).
Savage JM (2002). The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica: A Herpetofauna between Two Continents, between Two Seas. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press. xx + 945 pp. ISBN0-226-73537-0. (Urotheca guentheri, p. 645).