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Smooth Greensnake

Opheodrys vernalis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 86, February 89, March 140, April 274, May 527, June 247, July 186, August 171, September 212, October 145, November 91, December 81.
United States5,426
Canada3,746
Ontario2,211
New York1,056
Michigan694
Nova Scotia566
Quebec541
Maine448
Pennsylvania366
Wisconsin325

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.Inferred from its group

Group and habits

  • PredatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly hunt other animals.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassReptiles · Reptilia
OrderSnakes and Lizards · Squamata
FamilyColubrid Snakes · Colubridae
GenusGreen Snakes · Opheodrys

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