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Rough Green SnakeFamily: Colubridae
Latest Reader Comment - See More I have two RGS. My kids caught them at the river last summer. We feed them crickets from a local bait shop in the winter time. In the spring and summer we catch all ... (more) Tnoble 2008-06-06
The beautiful Rough Green Snake is not only lovely to look at, but is so very gentle that it is a pleasure to handle!The Rough Green Snake is and excellent climbers and very agile, but they are also quite wiggly. They never display a bad temper and rarely if ever, attempt to bite. Despite their pleasant temperment they are a more difficult snake to maintain in captivity, and are suggested for a more advanced snake keeper. For more Information on keeping Snakes see:
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The Rough Green Snakes are found in North America. Specifically they are found in the eastern part of the United States; Connecticut to Florida, the Gulf States, and the Mississippi Valley to Kansas, Illinois and Ohio.
Description:
The Rough Green Snake is slender with keeled scales and a very long
tail that tapers sharply to a pointed tip. They can reach up to 28"
(71 cm). Void of patterning, this snake's coloring is iridescent leaf green
on top with whitish to yellow to yellowish green underneath.
Feeding:
They should be feed live insects once or twice a week. Good insects
to feed are crickets and moths. Soft-bodied insect larvae such as waxworms,
butterworms, and mealworms are also good choices. Fresh water in a shallow
dish should always be available.
Environment:
The rough green snake is an excellent climber and likes an arboreal type
setting, so a vertical or semi-vertical tree limb with plant vining is great.
The terrarium should be at least a 10"x14"x10". See Basic
Reptile and Amphibian Care for more information.
Temperature and Lighting requirements:
They do well in 70° to 80° F with moderate humidity. Lighting
requirements are minimal, they do not need full spectrum lighting though it
is good for long term maintenance as it helps them feel good. You can use a substrate heating device for basic heating.
For additional heat, you can add a full spectrum incandescent daytime bulb
and a blacklight bulb or red incandescent bulb for nighttime heating. Be sure
you use a thermometer so you don't let the terrarium become overheated!
For more detailed information see the Basic Reptile and Amphibian
Care: Housing.
Breeding/Reproduction:
These snakes lay four to twelve very elongated eggs. They will
be deposited under a flat stone or a log, usually at the edge of the woods,
where it meets a meadow. The young can be a grayish green to a pale delicate
green at first, becoming the beautiful iridescent leaf green as they mature.
Availability:
Though the Rough Green Snake is generally available, they can be difficult
to maintain in captivity. This is thought to be because we don't fully understand
their natural diet. A variety of foods is probably best.
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| I have two RGS. My kids caught them at the river last summer. We feed them crickets from a local bait shop in the winter time. In the spring and summer we catch all kinds of bugs on the front porch (by the lights at night). We live in Alabama so its relatively warm all year and its easy to catch bugs for them. My kids like to take them out of the tank and play with them sometimes. I recently found out that they are male and female because we have eggs in the tank now. She had 5 eggs about 3 weeks ago. They are pale yellow in color and are almost as big as a jelly bean. Im excited to see if they are gonna hatch! I sure hope so! We might have to get a bigger tank for the whole family, I dunno. I wonder if anyone elso has had good luck hatching eggs in captivity.
2008-06-06 |
| I caught a rough green about 3 weeks ago, and he is the most gentle snake I have kept. We feed him 3 to 4 crickets every 4 days, he is a good eater and very friendly. At first though we couldn't get him to eat. We thought we would have to release him, but the day came when we were going to let him go, and he ate, lol. He is a great pet, and I would trust my 2 year old son around him any day.
2008-05-20 |
| I had a rough green snake that I caught in the wild for about two weeks. She/he never attempted to bite and she enjoyed being held. I had the 12 inch long snake housed in a 20 gallon aquarium with a fake log and a rock pool. I also had a heat lamp. I never misted her cage because no one told me to-oops- but she was happy and liked to swim in the pool. The pet store told me that she was a racer and to feed her pinkies. We bought a pinkie and put in her cage and the snake would not eat the pinkie. Instead, it curled up with it and kept in warm, we ended up releasing both together. A few years after I had that snake, I came across another RGS, which was highly agressive and had to be promptly released.
2007-11-09 |
| We got a rough green snake about two months ago. At first everything was going well. She was active and ate well. She actually got depressed when my 13 year old daughter, her "mommy" didn't hold her every day. She loves being in a place where she can watch what is going on from her aquarium. She recently began looking like she had small scratches on her. I read that it is possible that the mulch we were using could be the cause of the problem. That it may scratch and stays too moist when misting the cage. They recommended that we use an indoor outdoor type carpet on the bottom of her home and put shredded newspaper over it and to change it every day. She sometimes likes to burrow and hide and I am not sure the newspaper will be sufficient, but they also said that the calcium substrate wasn't the best idea. We love our snake and want to keep her healthy. I noticed that you here are rather attached to this kind of snake as well. We recently went to a reptile expo and there wasn't a snake there that could compare to this little green snake in personality and looks. We love these snakes!
2007-10-02 |
| I'm planning on getting a RGS from the pet store i work at. I have a 20 gallon tall tank, 1x24x18 for those of you who don't know the dementions. I will also be getting a 75 or 100 watt basking spot light and a UVA light bulb. I will probably go with either a mulch or terra fibre substrate with vines and plants for climbing. I might get some live plants since i will be getting the UVA light, makes sense.
2007-09-18 |
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| My husband brought home a RGS about two weeks ago and it is very frendly. It likes to be held, my children love to hold it and it crawls all over them. I have not had any problems with it. I'm asuming it is a female since I got up this mornning and there where six eggs in the tank with it. I have been feeding her grass hoppers Caterpillars and small frogs. She eats when she wants. Sometimes she will go a couple of days without eating but she is doing good so far. 2008-07-18 |
| I bought 3 rough green snakes a couple of weeks ago. They were very hard to find and luckily i knew a guy that ordered them from California (I'm in NY). They all have very different personalities. One snake is very calm, larger than the others and fun to handle. She likes to wrap around my fingers and climb my body like a boa. My next snake is very small and squirmy. He is very friendly but defensive when surprised. My last is VERY aggressive. He doesnt let me touch him and hisses at me when I try. When I do, he is very wiggly and hard to handle. Overall, these are very fun and beautiful snakes. The neon green and yellow is gorgeous. I love the fact that they eat crickets instead of mice, too. It's also fascinating how they like to climb opposed to other snakes. These snakes are very fun and pretty but have very diverse personalities. Not recommended for a child because of how unpredictable and fast they could be. 2007-12-27 |
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| i had a rgs for about 2 months i named it sully i love that snake but..it only ate twice though out of the 2 months..and then died. i never knew exactly when i was supposed to feed it cause the person i got it from never told me and i didn't have a computer at the time to look it up. so i put a cricket in there every other day thinking it would just eat it whenever it was hungry. but i guess it was never hungry cause the crickets ended up dying in there, had to clean them out. i put water and everything, Sully never touched it and i didn't know what to do. but now i found your website..and read how i was supposed to feed it...thank you for the information.. 2006-07-12 |
| Yea, I was looking for this informations, thanks ;) !~! 2005-10-09 |
Author: Clarice Brough, CRS
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