Food Green Snakes are one of the few species of snake that is entirely insectivorous. They like crickets, grasshoppers, and smooth caterpillars. This is probably one of the reasons this snake has declined in abundance.
Rough Green Snake
Scientific Name: Liochlorophis vernalis
Size: 22-32 inches (56-81 cm) in length
PA Status: Endangered Species
PAHERP Resource: Have You Seen Me? Rough Green Snake ...
Rough Green Snake
(Opheodrys aestivus)
DESCRIPTION: 20-45 5/8" (51-115.9 cm). Slender arboreal snake; uniform pea-green with a long tapering tail. Belly white to yellowish green. Hatchlings greenish-gray. Scales keeled, in 17 rows.
Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus)
A common, beautiful vine-like snake that blends in with the bushes it climbs through. Fairly docile, they often allow close approach.
New Hanover Co., NC 10/5/02.
Rough Green Snake
Family: Colubridae
The beautiful Rough Green Snake is not only lovely to look at, but is so very gentle that it is a pleasure to handle! ...
Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus)
Photos by J.D. Willson unless otherwise noted ...
Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus)
Description
Habitats
Habits and Life History
Prey and Hunting Techniques ...
Rough Green Snake
Relatives in same Genus
Smooth Green Snake (O. vernalis) ...
Rough Green Snake Species Profile
Rough Green Snake Stats
Scientific Name: Opheodrys aestivus
Family: Colubridae
Adult Size: 20 to 30 inches
Range: Widely distributed from southern New Jersey to Kansas, over the entire southern U.
Smooth Green Snake (Liochlorophis vernalis)
Description: Adults 12" to 26" in length. Color uniformly green on top, white to cream on underside. Slender body, with smooth scales. Divided anal plate.
Rough Green Snake
Reptile. The beautiful rough green snake is a gentle snake with a pleasant disposition. Called “rough' because their scales stand out at a slight angle, these snakes are agile and skilled climbers.
Rough Green Snakes are common throughout Harris County, but are not commonly seen. This is because of their bright green coloration, which is excellent camouflage in the foliage of green shrubs and trees.
Smooth Green Snake (Liochlorophis vernalis)
Description: A small, smooth scaled bright green snake with a whitish or yellowish belly. Young green snakes are olive, brown, or gray. An occasional adult specimen will retain the juvenile color.
Smooth Green Snake (Liochlorophis vernalis)
No photo of the Smooth Green Snake available.
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22" - 32"
Feeds almost exclusively on spiders and insects like grasshoppers and caterpillars. Good climber and commonly moves about in bushes and low trees. Common in Pine Barrens.
The Rough Green Snake is diurnal. People who have seen it in nature call it a "graceful, mild-tempered tree-dweller." It moves slowly through vegetation, its green color making it almost invisible.
The smooth green snake is found in southeastern Saskatchewan and Manitoba, southern Ontario and Quebec and the Maritimes. In the U.S., it is found in small pockets east of the Rockies.
Likes to Hang Out: ...
Description: Rough green snakes are very slender and graceful with beautiful, solid green backs and yellow or white bellies. The scales are keeled (rough). Rough green snakes are excellent climbers and spend most of their time above ground.
Rough Green Snake
Sighting:
Dismal Swamp State Park, Camden County, North Carolina ...
Smooth Green Snake
Opheodrys vernalis (12-20", up to 26")
Unpatterned and green above, white to pale yellow below, the smooth green snake is difficult to confuse with any other snake in Massachusetts.
GREEN SNAKES
Opheodrys spp.
Two species and one subspecies of green snake occur in Ohio. As the name implies, these snakes are a beautiful grass green. The underbody is a yellowish cream color.
Rough Green Snake Opheodrys aestivus. Uncommon to fairly common statewide.
42. Smooth Green Snake - Liochlorophis vernalis
Description: 11 ¾ - 19 ¾" (30 - 50 cm). This species is green dorsally and cream white ventrally. It is narrow and has smooth scales. Anal plate divided.
Zac and a smooth green snake (Opheodrys v. vernalis) at Dolly Sods
Zachary Loughman
Undergraduate Degree: West Liberty State College ...
Predators of adult nuthatches include owls and diurnal birds of prey (such as Sharp-shinned and Cooper's Hawks), and nestlings and eggs are eaten by woodpeckers, small squirrels, and climbing snakes such as the Smooth Green Snake.
Genus Philothamnus (African green snakes)
Genus Phimophis (pampas snakes)
Genus Phyllorhynchus (leaf-nosed snakes) ...
eastern hognose snake
Mississippi ringneck snake
northern scarlet snake
pine woods snake
rough green snake ...
North American Racer (Blue racer) *RSG
Northern water snake
Plains garter snake
Plains hog-nosed snake *RSG
Ratsnake *RSG
Redbelly snake
Ringneck snake
Smooth green snake (Grass snake)
Western Fox snake ...
Northern ringneck snake
Northern water snake
Prairie ringneck snake
Queen snake
Smooth green snake
Timber rattler snake (Protected Wild Animal)
Western fox snake (sometimes called "pine" snake)
Western ribbon snake ...
On 25 July 1937, I saw one at Albany, Annapolis County, carrying a small, wriggling green snake in its talons. C.R.K. Allen tells of one in August 1955 feeding on flying insects (probably flying ants) by "hawking" about and seizing them in its mouth.
Smooth Green Snake (Liochlorophis vernalis)
Southern Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix)
Speckled Racer (Drymobius margaritiferus)
Texas Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin littoralis)
Texas Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum) ...
 See also: Snake, Smooth Green Snake, Garter Snake, Racer, Reptile
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