asked the public to keep an eye out for the snakes last year<\/a>, which resulted in more than 20 reliable sightings.<\/p>\n“It helped us realize that they are still present across P.E.I.,” said Julie-Lynn Zahavich, a forest conservation specialist with the division.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“It helped us sort of figure out what habitat types they’re using in P.E.I. so that we can refine some of our habitat modelling.”<\/p>\n
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Julie-Lynn Zahavich, a forest conservation specialist with P.E.I.’s forests, fish and wildlife division, says more smooth green snake sightings this year will help determine population trends for the reptile. (Jane Robertson\/CBC)<\/p>\n
The snakes are “potentially imperiled” in the province, Zahavich said, and can be found in grassy areas where they can blend into their surroundings.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“We would like to know more about them so we can \u2026 determine population trends,” she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Are they increasing, decreasing? And if they are decreasing, that might help us decide \u2026 what management actions to take in the future.”<\/p>\n
The snakes are bright green in colour, making them more distinctive than the province’s other two species, which tend to be more brown or tan.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Islanders can help by providing the division with GPS co-ordinates if they spot a smooth green snake, or even a detailed description, photographs or video of where it was seen. That applies to snakes both alive and dead. <\/p>\n
People can contact the division’s office or message its Facebook page.<\/p>\n
“We had a lot of success last year, all thanks to public observation, so we’re really hoping to get the same response this year,” Zahavich said.<\/p>\n
“They are harmless, so you don’t have to be afraid of them, and they’re actually quite useful to have in your garden. They will eat bugs and insects, so they’re a good thing to have around.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":740419,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[49,48,66,323],"class_list":["post-740418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/740418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=740418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/740418\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/740419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=740418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=740418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=740418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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