About Philodryas aestiva (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)
Philodryas aestiva is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. It is commonly called the Brazilian green racer and the common green racer. This snake lives in a broad variety of habitats across southwestern Brazil, northern Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia, and Uruguay. It favors open forests and savannahs, including Brazil's Cerrado biome, but can occasionally be found in semi-urban or rural areas. Philodryas aestiva is an oviparous, or egg-laying, species. Females of this species can be gravid during both the warm and cold seasons of the year. Egg deposition only occurs between mid-winter and early summer, which suggests the species' reproductive cycle may follow a seasonal pattern.
