Herpetofauna - One Life's List

Rough Green Snake
Opheodrys aestivus

Franklin Co., Missouri. Spring 1976.
 
I often wonder how many hundreds of these beauties have I unknowingly walked by over the past thirty years?  They are hard to spot in the willows and bushes where they spend their time, but are easy to see outside their preferred habitat.  This one was found crawling across a gravel road in southern Illinois.

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