Green Vine Snakes – The Facts – What do you know? Test your knowledge of these odd-looking reptiles with this quick quiz.
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True or False?
1. There are actually two kinds of snakes called green vine snakes; one has round pupils the other has horizontal pupils that look like slits.
True
False
2. One kind of green vine snake is also known as the flatbread snake and can be found in Mexico, Central America and South America.
True
False
3. The other type of green vine snake is also known as the long-nosed whip snake.
True
False
4. The long-nosed whip snake is found in the northern Australian rainforests.
True
False
5. Both snakes have tongues that are green.
True
False
6. Both green vine snakes are non-venomous.
True
False
7. Both of them are nocturnal.
True
False
8. Green vine snakes give birth to live young, capable of hunting from the moment they are born.
True
False
9. Both hunt using their sense of smell.
True
False
10. Both are caught in the wild and sold into the pet trade.
True
False
Answers to the Green Vine Snakes Quiz:
1. True. One of them is Oxybelis fulgidus. The other is also known as the long-nosed whip snake.
2. True. Oxybelis fulgidus which is also known as the flatbread snake
3. True.
4. False. It can be found in India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Myanmar.
5. True.
6. False. Both green vine snakes are considered mildly venomous to humans.
7. False. Both of them are diurnal (active during the day).
8. True.
9. True.
10. True.
