Where can i find a green snake

I need to find one around my house somewhere for a school project. (dont worry i will not hurt it, and im 17 so im resposible). Where can i find one? I live in north carolina. What time of day will be best to find one?

I've always found them in and around dense growths of vegetation overhanging stream or lake borders. They love to climb, but they are just as at home in the water as a water snake.

Go walk around a creek or pond and look VERY carefully (because they are as good as invisible in some vegetation) through the shrubby growth surrounding it. Rose bushes, greenbriers, arrow-woods and alders are all good plants to check.

I've found and caught several by gently shaking arrow-woods and other stream-side plants I suspected one might be in, and when I shook the plant the snake would attempt to escape by dropping into the stream where they are often easier to see and to catch.

There are a few green snakes that live in North Carolina - the rough green snake, the smooth green snake and the queen snake - all are nonvenomous. The best time to find them would probably be in the daytime - in grassy areas, around dense vegetation surrounding water, maybe inside rotting logs. Just be careful you have a long stick with you and you're very careful, as there are several VERY venomous snakes in North Carolina as well - which I'm sure you're aware of. You might want to go with a friend or an adult if you're go into the woods or any isolated areas.

Good luck and hope you find the green snake you're looking for your school project:

Check out attached websites for more information on this subject and a list of venomous and nonvenomous snakes in your area:

http://www.bio.davidson.edu/projects/her…

http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/gaston/Pests/rep…