Opheodrys aestivus

Opheodrys aestivus
Opheodrys aestivus, rough green snake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Opheodrys
Species:
O. aestivus
Binomial name
Opheodrys aestivus
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Synonyms
  • Coluber æstivus
    Linnaeus, 1766
  • Leptophis æstivus
    — Bell, 1826
  • Herpetodryas æstivus
    — Schlegel, 1837
  • Cyclophis æstivus
    — Günther, 1858
  • Opheodrys æstivus
    — Cope, 1860
  • Liopeltis æstivus
    — Jan, 1863
  • Phyllophilophis æstivus
    — Garman, 1892
  • Contia æstiva
    — Boulenger, 1894[2]
  • Opheodrys aestivus
    — Stejneger & Barbour, 1917[3]

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 not closely related. 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.

  1. ^ Hammerson, G.A.; Lavin, P.; Mendoza Quijano, F. (2007). "Opheodrys aestivus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T63859A12722881. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63859A12722881.en. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  2. ^ Boulenger, G.A. (1894). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History), Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xi + 382 pp. + Plates I-XX. (Contia æstiva, p. 258.)
  3. ^ Stejneger, L., & T. Barbour (1917). A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. 125 pp. (Opheodrys aestivus, p. 78.)