Indigo Snake Species Profile
Indigo Snake Stats
Scientific Name: Drymarchon corais couperi
Family: Colubridae
Adult Size: Commonly attains 6 feet in length; occasionally exceeds 8½ feet.
Indigo Snake
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
see racer.
More on Indigo Snake
Racer - name for several related swift, slender snakes, especially those of the genus Coluber. All of the racers are nonpoisonous, nonconstricting, day-active snakes.
Indigo Snake
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The Indigo Snake is from the order Squamata. Species from this order are amphisbaenians, lizards or snakes. There are over 6,000 living species belonging to the squamata order - it is the largest order of all reptiles.
Texas Indigo Snake
Relatives in same Genus
Eastern Indigo Snake (D. corais couperi) ...
Eastern Indigo Snake: Drymarchon couperi
Appearance:
The eastern indigo snake can grow to over 8 feet in length. Indigo snakes are shiny blue-black, but the chin, cheeks, and throat may be red or rusty brown colored.
Eastern Indigo Snake (Drymarchon couperi)
Photos by J.D. Willson unless otherwise noted ...
Smaller indigo snakes are easily mistaken for the common black racer. Close examination is required to tell them apart. The common black racer is a slender, fast moving snake. The indigo snake is a stout, slow-moving snake.
The eastern indigo snake is in severe decline. Its habitat is prime land for development because it is usually the best draining soil. Because of declining populations, the indigo is one of the most protected snakes in the US.
Black-tailed Indigo Snake, Tropical Indigo Snake
Subspecies I've seen:
Central American Indigo Snake
D. m. melanurus ...
Texas Indigo Snake
Drymarchon melanurus erebennus
Threatened
Speckled Racer
Drymobius margaritiferus ...
84 Slash pine 85 Slash pine - hardwood 89 Live oak 104 Sweetbay - swamp tupelo - redbay 105 Tropical hardwoods 111 South Florida slash pine 241 Western live oak SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : NO-ENTRY PLANT COMMUNITIES : The indigo snake is ...
The "Poor man's Indigo snake." Heavy bodied shiny black. The "best" ones are pure black with no traces of yellow spots. Some actually look like "splendida" with a mottled looking pattern. All of mine are solid black and most of the babies carry that.
Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
Eastern Indigo Snake
Florida Cottonmouth
Florida Pine Snake
Gila Monster
Grand Cayman Island Rock Iguana
New Guinea Crocodile Monitor
Prehensile-tailed Skink
Spotted Turtle ...
More than 30 other animal species, including the gopher frog and eastern indigo snake, depend on this animal’s excavations. Unfortunately, the number of gopher tortoises is declining because of habitat destruction.
opossums, and raccoons, quail, turkey, and many songbirds, particularly warblers. Endangered, threatened, and species of special concern found in this habitat include the Red-cockaded Woodpecker, the Flatwoods Salamander, and Eastern Indigo Snake.
 See also: Snake, Eastern indigo snake, Turtle, Rattlesnake, Cottonmouth
  
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