Delicate in form, and of the brightest grass-green--while, like the rest
of its family, perfectly harmless--the green snake is a great favourite
with the Brazilians; and as it is easily tamed, young girls may often be
seen carrying it about, winding it round their throats or wrists,
forming it into living necklaces or bracelets. It lives in trees, among
the green foliage, over which it rapidly glides in search of insects--
its usual food.