Eastern Indigo Snake (Drymarchon couperi): This snake is federally protected by the Endangered Species Act. The largest snake in the United States, reaching up to 8.6 feet in length, and 10 lbs. in weight. This bluish-black snake often has some orange-red pigment on the chin and neck. They frequently shelter in tortoise burrows, and have territories encompassing hundreds of acres. Indigo snakes are docile, virtually never biting people, but are powerful predators known to consume small turtles, rats, frogs, cottonmouths, and rattlesnakes.Saturday, March 12, 2011
Eastern Indigo Snake
Eastern Indigo Snake (Drymarchon couperi): This snake is federally protected by the Endangered Species Act. The largest snake in the United States, reaching up to 8.6 feet in length, and 10 lbs. in weight. This bluish-black snake often has some orange-red pigment on the chin and neck. They frequently shelter in tortoise burrows, and have territories encompassing hundreds of acres. Indigo snakes are docile, virtually never biting people, but are powerful predators known to consume small turtles, rats, frogs, cottonmouths, and rattlesnakes.
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