![]() "Seasonal Shifts in Shelter and Microhabitat Use of Drymarchon couperi (Eastern Indigo Snake) in Georgia". "Drymarchon couperi (Eastern Indigo Snake)". ↑ 3.0 3.1 Gooch, Anika Ranney, Meredith.↑ Species Drymarchon couperi at The Reptile Database.Archived from the original on 23 April 2018. Environmental Conservation Online System. The eastern indigo snake was last seen in Apalachicola Bluffs and Ravines Preserve in 1982, until 2017 when 12 snakes were released as part of a conservation program. The eastern indigo snake was extinct in northern Florida because of habitat loss and fragmentation. The eastern indigo snake is threatened by habitat loss. Young hatch in about 3 months, usually in August and September. The breeding season is from November to April. The Eastern indigo snake eats other snakes, turtles, lizards, frogs, toads, lots of small birds and mammals, and eggs. These are mainly longleaf pine, southern live oak, laurel oak, Chapman oak, and myrtle oak. The eastern indigo snake mostly lives in scrublands in Florida and Georgia with different types of plants. The eastern indigo snake likes flatwoods, hammocks, dry glades, stream bottoms, sugarcane fields, riparian thickets, and sandy soils. The eastern indigo snake is found from southwestern South Carolina south through Florida and west to southern Alabama and southeastern Mississippi. Females usually grow up to 1.38 m (4.5 ft) in length. ![]() Males usually grow up to 1.58 m (5.2 ft) in length. It is the longest native snake species in the United States. The eastern indigo snake has a blue-black colour. It is also the largest, non-venomous snake in the southeastern United States. ![]() It is the largest snake in the United States. It is the longest native snake in the United States. It is native to the eastern United States. The eastern indigo snake ( Drymarchon couperi) is a type of snake in the family Colubridae.
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