#1637 · 🦎 reptiles

Rough Greensnake

🇳🇱 Ruwe grasslang ·Opheodrys aestivus

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

7 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Todd Pierson · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
2. © Patrick Coin · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © FWC Fish and Wildlife Research Institute · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
4. © Ty Smith · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © johnwilliams · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Ty Smith · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Royal Tyler · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

what is it?

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.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 23,537iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
23,537 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1766 (260 years ago).