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Rough Green Snake

Opheodrys aestivus

Photo by gatorfellows
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Field Notes

Description:

The snake is bright green above and has a yellowish belly, affording it excellent camouflage in green vegetation. It has keeled dorsal scales. It grows up to 116 cm (45½ inches) in total length and is very thin. It has a pinkish forked tongue.

Habitat:

Climbing through the wisteria on the fence in a wildlife habitat garden.

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Opheodrys aestivus

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Comments (2)
gatorfellows
It is pretty easy with these small shy snakes. They are arborial and I often come eye to eye with them. This is the smaller of the two that seem to live in my garden. this is the first sighting this spring, so I am looking for the larger one when I am in the garden. :)
katmc2020
Whoa! How'd ya take a pic of that?!

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