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Rough Green Snake
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- Order: Squamata (scaled reptiles)
- Suborder: Serpentes (snakes)
- Family: Colubridae ("typical" snakes)
- Subfamily: Colubrinae ("typical"
snakes)
- Genus: Opheodrys (green snakes)
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| Also Known As: garden
snake, grass snake |
Scientific Name: Opheodrys
aestivus (Linnaeus, 1766) |
| Habitat: A variety of
open, usually dry areas. |
Opheos="snake," drymos="oak
woods" (possibly referring to the snake's propensity for
climbing trees), aestivus=pertaining to summer
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| Length: To almost 3
feet long. |
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| Food: Insects,
primarily caterpillars. |
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I found this snake basking on the road the cool
morning (well, noon) of 02 October 2004. I was driving at
the time and spotted it. Surprisingly, the snake didn't move
at all as I took several pictures. I was able to get it off
the road before oncoming traffic ran it over. The snake had
a tough time slithering on the road, but once it made it to the
grass where it could get some traction, it moved much more
rapidly. |
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| I found a dead green snake on
Little Rock Air Force Base. After these snakes die, their
coloration turns from green to a dusky blue color. |
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| See also the rough green snake I
found in Texas. |
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