Opheodrys

Opheodrys aestivus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Opheodrys
Species (3): O. aestivus – O. carinatus – O. vernalis

Name

Opheodrys Fitzinger, 1843: 26

• Type species: Herpetodryas aestivus Schlegel, 1837 (in error) [=Coluber aestivus Linnaeus, 1766], by original designation.

Synonyms

• Cyclophis Günther, 1858: 113
  • Type species: Coluber aestivus Linnaeus, 1766, by subsequent designation.
• Phyllophilophis Garman, 1884: 146
  • Type species: Coluber aestivus Linnaeus, 1766, by monotypy.
• Tropidodryas Cope, 1885 [nomen praeoccupatum pro Tropidodryas Fitzinger, 1843]
  • Type species: Coluber aestivus Linnaeus, 1766, by monotypy.
• Liochlorophis Oldham & Smith, 1991: 208
  • Type species: Coluber vernalis Harlan, 1827, by original designation and monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Fitzinger, L. 1843. Systema Reptilium. Fasciculus primus. Amblyglossae. Braumüller et Seidel: Wien. vi + 106 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Günther, A. 1858. Catalogue of Colubrine Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History): London. xvi + 281 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Garman, S. 1884. The North American Reptiles and Batrachians. Bulletin of the Essex Institute 16: 3–46. BHL Reference page. 
• Oldham, J.C. & Smith, H.M. 1991. The generic status of the Smooth Green Snake, Opheodrys vernalis. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 27(4): 201–215. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Rittmeyer, E.N., Elmonier, A. & Ruane, S. 2021. Phylogeography of the Rough Greensnake, Opheodrys aestivus (Squamata: Colubridae), Using Multilocus Sanger Sequence and Genomic ddRADseq Data. Journal of Herpetology 55(4): 342–354. DOI: 10.1670/20-040 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2026. Opheodrys . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 19 September 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: North American Green Snakes

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