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  1. Common Name: 
  2. Rough green snake
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  4. Scientific Name: 
  5. Opheodrys aestivus 
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  7. Identification: 16-24 in; Long, slender bright green back with bright yellow to cream belly; scales keeled. 
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  9. Habit: Rough green snakes conceal themselves in the vines and shrubs next to marshes and forests, where they forage, resembling vines themselves. They eat small grasshoppers, spiders and catepillars.
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  11. Distribution: throughout Louisiana.