Green Garden Snake

The smooth green snake is a close relative of the rough green snake and almost identical.

Green garden snake. They eat insects and other pests so they can control those pests that harm your plants. Opheodrys aestivus opheodrys vernalis. If possible take a photo of the snake and write down notes about visual detailing including the eye shape.

It gets its common name from its smooth dorsal scales as opposed to the rough green snake which has keeled dorsal scales. Garden snakes are generally at least two feet long with the largest ones reaching three feet in length. Smooth green snakes on average grow less than half the length of rough green snakes 1 6 feet.

A few garter snakes in the garden can be a good thing. Garden snakes nicknamed garter snakes come in many varieties various colors and have different markings depending on your area of the country. These snakes are usually brown or black but may be a greenish color.

The smooth green snake opheodrys vernalis is a species of north american nonvenomous snake in the family colubridae the species is also referred to as the grass snake it is a slender small medium snake that measures 36 51 cm 14 20 in as an adult. Green garden grass snakes can be dangerous yes grass snakes not rattlesnakes. You don t want a large number of these snakes in your garden however.

Rough green snakes are roughly 2 to 3 feet long. They have smooth scales as opposed to the keeled scales found in rough green snakes. Most common garter snakes have a pattern of yellow stripes on a black brown or green background and their average total length including tail is about 55 cm 22 in with a maximum total length of about 137 cm 54 in.

Many species and subspecies range across much of the continent. Rough green snake smooth green snake grass snake green whip snake garden snake vine snake keeled green snake. They may reach 2 feet long.