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Eastern Indigo Snake (Drymarchon corais couperi)
Eastern Indigo Snake Photograph by Dr. Dan W. Speake, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. License: Public Domain. (view image details)
EASTERN INDIGO SNAKE FACTS
DescriptionThe Eastern Indigo Snake is a large glossy black snake with iridescent blue highlights. The throat and chin are reddish or white. The underside is dull orange and blue gray. Juveniles are black with narrow whitish blue bands. Other Names Gopher Snake Size Average size 150cm -190cm , maximum recorded 262cm Environment hardwood forests, moist hammocks, pine flatwoods, prairies. It often shelters in gopher tortoise burrows. Food eats small mammals, birds, lizards, frogs, turtles, eggs, other snakes Breeding Clutches that average 10-12 eggs are laid in spring. They hatch after about 80 days. Hatchlings are up to 65cm long. Range found in Florida and southeast Georgia. Classification
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