Eastern Indigo Snake is a large, non-venomous snake native to Florida and the southern parts of Georgia and Alabama, and it holds the distinction of being the longest native snake species in the United States, with the longest recorded specimen measuring about 2.8 meters. Despite being classified as Least Concern by the IUCN, it is listed as a federally threatened species in the United States due to habitat loss.
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Classification
System (Realm) Relationship to People Living or Extinct Scientific Name Conservation Status Activity Pattern Comparison
NatureServe Rank CITES Appendix Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source Eastern Indigo Snake (Wikidata)
In Biome
Desert, Biomes Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Drymarchon couperi
In the Other Atlases
Found In
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Eastern indigo snake
Wikipediaarticle text (diet), EntityId 325714
Summer home ranges for the eastern indigo snake can be as large as . The eastern indigo snake is carnivorous, like all snakes, and consumes any other small animal it can overpower.
article text (relationship to people), EntityId 325714
Highway fatalities, wanton killings, and over-collection for the pet trade adversely affect snake populations.
Introduction
Despite being classified as Least Concern by the IUCN, it is listed as a federally threatened species in the United States due to habitat loss.
View the Source 2. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Drymarchon couperi
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyReproduction, lifespan
Range lifespan Status: captivity 16 to 25 years
Key Behaviors
Key Behaviors terricolous diurnal diurnal sedentary sedentary solitary solitary
Habitat Regions, Drymarchon couperi
Habitat Regions temperate temperate terrestrial terrestrial
Conservation Status: CITES
CITES No special status
In Biome: Desert, Habitat Regions, biome: desert or dune
desert or dune desert or dune
View the Source 3. Eastern Indigo Snake (Wikidata)
Wikidata- Wikidata Q2710665 (P225 taxon name)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
- Child Taxon Of: Drymarchon, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon) claim, rank=normal, target=Q2363493 (Drymarchon)
View the Source 4. NatureServe Explorer: Drymarchon couperi
NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)
"roundedGRank": "G2"
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