About the design:
This fellow is an smooth green snake, Opheodrys vernalis. I designed and stitched him as my annual donation to the Kansas Herpetological Society fund-raising auction. Smooth green snakes are small, growing no longer than 16 inches and are, of course, green in color with a yellow belly. They are mostly found in northeastern areas of the American continent, rarely extending south of Illinois. They eat mostly insects and prefer moist grassy areas.
