Here's a bright-eyed little guy. This green snake was slip-sliding through a cedar tree. If you check out Rurality's blog, you can see the interesting color change these snakes go through after death.Green snakes are very arboreal. I have rarely seen one on the ground, but I have seen them on branches like this one, peeking out of knot holes, and more than once falling from the top of a tree...seemingly no worse for the fall.
Once, I looked up directly overhead to see what the blue jays were screeching about and PLOP...a green snake falls practically on to my upturned face.
They certainly are pretty, and I could swear I read once that they were very mildly venomous, but I am too busy to go verify that this morning and should not even be taking the time to write this little post.
Tempis fugit...or something like that.
3 comments:
Busy day? Hope whatever you have to do is fun at least!
I have never heard or read anything about venom in green snakes. If you find your source, let me know.
Hognose snakes are mildly venomous but not enough to matter :)
Swamp,
I checked too and no reference to venom. Something wrong that got stuck inbetween my grey matter....
Brian,
Thanks for stopping by. They are both neat animals.
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