Indigo snake (species)

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. corais
Binomial name
Drymarchon corais
(Boie, 1827)
Synonyms[2]
  • Coluber corais Boie, 1827
  • Geoptyas collaris Steindachner, 1867
  • Geoptyas flaviventris Steindachner, 1867
  • Phrynonax angulifer Werner, 1923
  • Drymarchon corais cleofae Brock, 1942

The indigo snake (Drymarchon corais), also known as the yellow-tail cribo, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae.[3] This large colubrid snake is nonvenomous.

  1. ^ Ines Hladki, A.; Ramírez Pinilla, M.; Renjifo, J.; Urbina, N.; Nogueira, C.; Gonzales, L.; Catenazzi, A.; Cisneros-Heredia, D.F.; Hoogmoed, M.; Schargel, W.; Rivas, G.; Murphy, J. (2019). "Drymarchon corais". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T62234A3110201. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T62234A3110201.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Drymarchon corais (Boie, 1827)". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Drymarchon corais". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2023-07-21.