Eastern indigo snake

Eastern indigo snake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Drymarchon
Species:
D. couperi
Binomial name
Drymarchon couperi
(Holbrook, 1842)
Synonyms[4]
  • Coluber couperi
    Holbrook, 1842
  • Georgia couperi
    Baird & Girard, 1853
  • Spilotes couperi
    Cope, 1860
  • Spilotes corais couperi
    Lönnberg, 1894
  • Drymarchon corais couperi
    Amaral, 1929
  • Drymarchon couperi
    Crother, 2000

The eastern indigo snake (Drymarchon couperi) is a species of large, non-venomous snake in the family Colubridae. Native to the southeastern United States, it is the longest native snake species in the country.[5]

Eastern indigo
  1. ^ Hammerson, G.A. (2007). "Drymarchon couperi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63773A12714602. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63773A12714602.en. Accessed on 21 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Eastern indigo snake (Drymarchon couperi)". Environmental Conservation Online System. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  3. ^ 43 FR 4026
  4. ^ Species Drymarchon couperi at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
  5. ^ "Animals We Protect: Eastern Indigo Snake". The Nature Conservancy. 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2023.