Talk about camouflage! This Smooth Green Snake was practically invisible! Green Snakes are one of those species that look far too tropical to live in the US, but they actually range all the way up the eastern US, even into Canada! Bright green snakes in a temperate climate, who would've thought! #greensnake #green #camouflage #hiding #hide #hidden #smooth #smoothgreensnake #herping | Snakeaholic

🐍 Smooth green snakes are a species in decline that we're working to conserve in partnership with Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum. Dr. Allison Sacerdote-Velat explains why monitoring and egg incubation are important steps to help save smooth green snake populations. Take a look at a recent hatchling release below! | Forest Preserve District of DuPage County

Opheodrys aestivus, commonly known as the rough green snake, is a nonvenomous North American colubrid. It is sometimes called 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 (Natrix natrix) is unrelated. The rough green snake is docile, often allowing close approach by humans, and seldom bites. Even when bites occur, they have no venom and are harmless. The preferred habitat of O.