The oblique scale snake has been included in the List of Beneficial or Important Economic and Scientific Research Terrestrial Wild Animals Protected by the State issued by the State Forestry Administration of China on August 1, 2000. It was also included in the 2013 Red List of Threatened Species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

The oblique-scaled snake lives in the mountains at higher altitudes , often on the side of mountains and streams, roadsides, vegetable fields, and rock piles. When frightened, the front part of the body is raised up, whistling, and sometimes it twists and does not move on the stone. Often active during the day. Snakes have a peculiar smell and mainly prey on frogs.