Smooth Green Snake
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The Smooth Green Snake (Opheodrys vernalis) is a non-venomous North American snake, also called a Grass Snake in American Engish.
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The snake is bright green and found mainly in moist meadows, prairies and clearings in coniferous forest. They are almost entirely insectiverous eating mainly crickets, grasshoppers, and smooth caterpillars.
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External links
- Iowa Herpetology (http://www.herpnet.net/Iowa-Herpetology/reptiles/snakes/smooth_green_snake.html)
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