December 9, 2023

I am known as a Cottonmouth snake

I'm venomous and a pit viper

I'm semi-aquatic and like to eat fish

And won't hurt humans unless I'm incited.

Special thanks to today's guest photographer, David Simpson.

Location: Rock Springs Run Preserve

Sources: https://srelherp.uga.edu/snakes/agkpis.htm

Photo and text © 2023 Dee Fairbanks Simpson

November 19, 2020

I'm known as a Rough Greensnake, 

I'm non-venomous and a lovely spring-green

I am arboreal and like to eat insects

That I find on shrubbery and trees.

Location: St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park, Fellsmere

Sources: https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/herpetology/fl-snakes/list/opheodrys-aestivus-carinatus/

Photo and text © 2020 Dee Fairbanks Simpson

August 31, 2020

This used to be a Rough Greensnake
Sadly, it has now expired.
It might have been predated or hit by a car
To tell for sure, a necropsy would be required.

Location: Fellsmere, St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park

Sources: Jacobson, E. R. Reptile Necropsy Protocol. The Journal of Zoo Animal Medicine, vol. 9, no. 1, 1978, pp. 7–13. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/20460184. Accessed 26 Aug. 2020.

Photo and text © 2020 Dee Fairbanks Simpson