The giraffe's prehensile tongue is about 50 cm (20 in) long. It is purplish-black in colour, perhaps to protect against sunburn, and is useful for grasping foliage, as well as for grooming and cleaning the animal's nose. The upper lip of the giraffe is also prehensile and useful when foraging.
This common species, often referred to as the âchicken snake,â occurs across all of Tennessee. Description: A large snake (42.0 to 72.0 inches in length) with a variable color pattern. Dorsal color is usually black spackled with bits of white between scales and having a light throat. Some specimens may be gray with blotches of brown or darker gray on back. Scales are slightly keeled.
Adults are usually between 20 and 32 inches in length, but occasionally may be as long as 40 inches. They usually are 1 inch or less in diameter. Rough green snakes are a uniform bright green color with an ivory or off white belly and a pale white throat. Young rough green snakes usually are more dully colored until they shed their skin for the first time.