Smooth Green Snake
Opheodrys (Liochlorophis) vernalis
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- O. vernalis – Ortero Co, NM – photo by Chris Cirrincione
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Opheodrys vernalis occurs in isolated populations in southeastern Texas, northern and southern New Mexico and eastern Utah.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Opheodrys vernalis (Grobman – 1941)
Genus: Opheodrys, Greek – opheos, ophi = snake, serpent + drymos = oak wood, forest
Species: vernalis, Latin = belonging to spring
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962