Osceola National Forest, FL
North American Field Herping Association
Southeast Chapter group trip, Spring 2010
10:31am
was in some vines next to the road
11:48am
was sunning on a road in the middle of nowhere
The Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus) is a non-venomous North American snake. It is sometimes Grass Snake or Green Grass Snake, but these names are more commonly applied to the Smooth Green Snake, Opheodrys vernalis. (The European colubrid called Grass Snake is unrelated.) The Rough Green Snake is docile, often allowing close approach by humans, and seldom bites.
