Description: Most adult Rough Greensnakes are about 14-33 inches in total length, with a record length recorded of 46 inches. This is a long and slender bright green snake with a cream to yellow belly. The belly color extends onto the chin and lips. The body scales are strongly keeled (each scale has a prominent raised ridge), and they are arranged in 17 scale rows at midbody. The tail is extremely long and thin. The pupils are round. Juvenile coloration is similar to adults but not as vivid.

Habitat: This snake typically inhabits dense vegetation (vines, shrubs, trees) near water; often at forest edges or in fairly open forests; also overgrown pasture, tallgrass prairie, thickets, barrier islands; open marsh and spoil banks in Louisiana; pine-oak, mesic hardwood hammocks, and occasionally mangrove swamps in Florida.

Range: Florida Rough Greensnakes occur in the central and southern peninsula and in the Florida Keys.

Found in these States: FL

Diet: Rough green snakes feed primarily on insects such as crickets, caterpillars and grasshoppers, though they will also eat snails, spiders and small frogs.

Reproduction: Eggs are laid under objects in damp areas (Ashton and Ashton 1981), in rotting logs, or in tree hollows; individuals may return to a specific tree each year

Status: Listed as Least Concern in view of the large and probably relatively stable extent of occurrence, area of occupancy, number of subpopulations, and population size. No major threats are known.

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