Eastern Indigo Snake
Drymarchon couperi
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Drymarchon
- Continents
- North America
- Countries
- 1
- How common
- Recorded in 70 places on iNaturalist
- Diet
- Eats other snakes
About
Eastern Indigo Snake (Drymarchon couperi) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in United States. It is known to eat other snakes. It lives in habitats such as subtropical forest, broadleaf forest, pine forest, forest edges and 6 more. Recorded in 70 places on iNaturalist.
Where it lives
Native range
Habitats
Estimated from where this snake is recorded and what kind of snake it is - not a confirmed habitat survey.
Related snakes
- Central American Indigo Snake Drymarchon melanurus
- Margarita Indigo Snake Drymarchon margaritae
- Falcon indigo snake Drymarchon caudomaculatus
- Indigo Snake Drymarchon corais
- Zhao's Mountain Stream Snake Opisthotropis zhaoermii
- Atractus dapsilis
- de Silva’s Rough-Side Snake Aspidura desilvai
- Hognose Lineate Blackhead Apostolepis lineata
- Tantilla stenigrammi
- Semau Island groundsnake Stegonotus lividus
- Thomas' Racer Pseudalsophis thomasi
- Erythrolamprus rochai
Stay safe: a photo or a web page can never tell you for certain that a snake is harmless. Keep your distance, never handle a wild snake, and get medical help straight away after any bite.