The Eastern worm snake is a small snake. Adults are 19–28 cm (7½–11 in.) in total length, record 34 cm (13¼ in.). It is brown dorsally, and bright pink ventrally, with the belly color including one or two dorsal scale rows. The dorsal scales are smooth, in 13 rows. It has five upper labials and one postocular.C. amoenus coloration is unpatterned and can be tan to dark brown in color, has a pointed head, and small black eyes. It has pinkish ventral pigmentation extends dorsally into the body scale rows one to two. The tail is short in comparison with its body and ends in an abrupt, spine-like scale. Females are longer than males but have a shorter tail. The head is small, conical and no wider than the neck. Other small, unpatterned brownish snakes such as earth snakes (genus Virginia) and r