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Colubridae

Rough Green Snake

Opheodrys aestivus

Photograph: shinylatias · CC BY

Photographed by an observer on iNaturalist and published under a Creative Commons licence; the photographer and the licence are named under the image. It is not an animal of ours, and no animal was handled by us to produce it.

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warm end32 °C
cool end22–27 °C
Humidity50–75 %
Enclosure46×46×91
Diet2–4 days

The numbers

Thermal gradient

152025303540 °C
22–27°Cool side
32°Warm side

A real gradient, 32°C warm against 22–27°C cool, so the animal chooses. The sheet states no separate night figure.

Why

Same scale on every sheet here, so two species compare by eye.

The sheet stateswarm 32 °C / cool 22-27 °C

Humidity

50–75%Target RH

The sheet states50-75 %

UVB

Requiredrequired

The sheet statesmust have UVB lighting as part of their setup; Zoo Med T8 Reptisun 5.0 or Arcadia ShadeDweller kit, positioned about 6-11" above the basking branch, replaced every 12 months

Identity

Origin

Enclosure and conditions

Enclosure

18 in36 in
warm sideUVB tube
50100150200 cm
18 × 18 × 36 in · 46 × 46 × 91 cmWidth × depth × height
21dm² of floor
Substrate: not in our dataWater: not in our dataHides: not in our data

Drawn from the stated numbers. Only what the sheet states is drawn inside.

Why

The rectangle carries the exact width-to-height ratio of the figures above it, and the ruler under it places that width on the 0–250 cm scale every sheet here shares, so two species still compare at a glance. Nothing is added that the sheet does not name: a lamp drawn on a sheet that never mentions one would be invented equipment. What the sheet leaves out is listed rather than left blank, because an empty tank reads as « none needed ».

The sheet statesThe absolute minimum terrarium size for a single rough green snake is 18"L x 18"W x 36"H

Temperature
warm 32 °C / cool 22–27 °C
Humidity
50-75 %

What your climate adds

This sheet states a range to hold. Your local climate decides how much work holding it is. Pick the nearest city: nothing is sent anywhere, the choice stays in this browser.

Diet

Feeding rhythm

every 2.3–3.5 dAs an adult
12Meals in 28 days

Twenty-eight days, one row. Each band is a meal window. The sheet gives several ages on one line; this is the adult figure.

Why

The windows widen as they go because the interval is a range: four meals after a 10–14 day cycle land anywhere between day 40 and day 56.

The sheet statesJuveniles should be fed daily, while adults can be fed 2-3x/week; each feeding should consist of 2-3 insects roughly the same size as the snake's head — dubias, discoids, crickets, black soldier flies, hornworms, silkworms, waxworms, wax moths, millipedes

Common questions

What does it eat?

Insects only. Crickets, soft-bodied worms and spiders. It will never take rodents, so do not buy it expecting that.

Can I handle it?

Barely. It is a fragile, easily stressed snake and handling shortens its life. Buy it to watch.

How long does it live?

Often only 5 to 8 years, and wild-caught ones frequently do worse than that.

Does it bite?

Essentially no. The mouth is tiny and its defence is to freeze and pretend to be a vine.

What it needs

Enclosure at least 46 × 46 × 91 cmbecause enclosure — The absolute minimum terrarium size for a single rough green snake is 18"L x 18"W x 36"H
A heat sourcebecause temp — warm 32 °C / cool 22-27 °C
A thermostat to regulate itbecause temp — warm 32 °C / cool 22-27 °C
A thermometerbecause temp — warm 32 °C / cool 22-27 °C
A hygrometerbecause humidity — 50-75 %
UVB (T8), stated as requiredbecause uvb — must have UVB lighting as part of their setup; Zoo Med T8 Reptisun 5.0 or Arcadia ShadeDweller kit, positioned about 6-11" above the basking branch, replaced every 12 months

Every line above is deduced from a value this sheet states, and names which one. Nothing here is a general recommendation.

Sources

dubiaroaches.com — lu le 2026-08-04gbif.org — lu le 2026-08-08

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What this sheet states

77%
TemperatureHumidityEnclosure sizeActivityOriginDietSourcesUVB

This sheet states 5 of 7 of the fields this product runs on. What is missing turns something off: day/night engine and awake count on the globe, the diet section. We show the gap rather than fill it with a plausible number.

UVB is measured but does not count: it is absent from 421 of 678 sheets, and on most of them that is not a gap, since a nocturnal snake's sheet has no reason to state a UV index. Counting it would call the library incomplete without cause.