Opheodrys carinatus
Grobman, 1984
OH-fee-oh-dreez — kar-ee-NAY-tus
SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
See comments under O. aestivus.
(Boundy, Jeff, Frank T. Burbrink, and Sara Ruane. 2025. Squamata (excluding lizards) – Snakes. Pages 38-54 in Kirsten E. Nicholson (Editor), Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding, 9th Edition. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Lawrence, Kansas. 87 pp.)
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Province/State Distribution:
United States: Florida
Taxonomic Etymology:
Named for its arboreal habits and prominent scale keels.
Opheodrys — From Greek ophis (ὄφις), meaning “snake,” and drys (δρῦς), meaning “tree” or “oak,” referring to its arboreal (tree-dwelling) nature—literally “tree snake.”
carinatus — From Latin carina (keel) and the suffix -atus, meaning “keeled” or “having a keel,” referring to the prominent keels on the dorsal scales.
First instance(s) of published English names:
No historic English names have been assigned to this taxon yet.
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
The Reptile Database
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Selected References:
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1984
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Grobman, Arnold B. Scutellation variation in Opheodrys aestivus. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 29(3):153-170
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1987
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Plummer, Michael V. Geographic variation in body size of Green Snakes (Opheodrys aestivus). Copeia 1987:483-485
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1992
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Grobman, Arnold B. On races, clines, and common names in Opheodrys. Herpetological Review 23(1):14-15
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2000
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Walley, Harlan D. and Michael V. Plummer. Opheodrys aestivus. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (718):1-14
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