This picture shows my first time herping. My family lives outside of Summerville, SC and has a bit of land so we would always find a lot of various animals. In this picture is a rough green snake, Opheodrys aestivus. It was small, thin-bodied snake that was maybe a foot and a half long. The date on the picture was April, so given their reproductive habits I'd say that this snake was almost a year old. I'm not sure of the gender. My dad and I found it climbing on a tree near the pond in our backyard. This is consistent with their habitat. This snake was rather docile, which made for a good first interaction. Everyone has to start somewhere, right?(Caitlin Bergen, SC)
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