SMOOTH GREEN SNAKE
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Characteristics:
* Small and slender
* Greenish upper body, head and tail uniformly green, with a whitish belly
* Smooth scales
* Nonvenomous
* Diet: Feeds primarily on insect
* Habitat: prefers moist, grassy areas in prairies and meadows
* Distribution: Black Hills, northern areas of the
state - east of the Missouri River, and extreme southeastern South Dakota