Smooth Green Snake

Opheodrys vernalis

The Smooth Green Snake is a slender, vivid green snake that turns blue-gray after death. It inhabits meadows and is more terrestrial than the Rough Green Snake. Heavily affected by pesticide use in its grassland habitat.

Habitat

Open meadows, moist grasslands, and shrubby fields

Diet

Insects, spiders, and soft-bodied invertebrates

How common

Uncommon

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