Photo of a Rough Greensnake (Opheodrys aestivus)
Photo: James Shelton, CC BY-NC-SA, via iNaturalist

Rough Greensnake

Opheodrys aestivus

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Not documented
Type
Colubrid
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Opheodrys
Continents
North America
Countries
1
How common
Common

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About

Rough Greensnake (Opheodrys aestivus) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in United States. It lives in habitats such as temperate deciduous forest, temperate mixed forest, subtropical forest, broadleaf forest and 27 more. Common: recorded in 4871 places on iNaturalist.

Where it lives

Native range

Habitats

Estimated from where this snake is recorded and what kind of snake it is - not a confirmed habitat survey.

Related snakes

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