Eastern Indigo Snake (Drymarchon couperi)

Created: April 18th, 2007 - 09:04 PM
Last Modified: November 30th, 2009 - 11:19 AM Entered by: Daniel D. Dye, II
Record 2735

Country: United States		State: Florida	County: Alachua County	Time: 2003-08-31 15:45:00
Qty: 1	Age: Sub-Adult	Sex: --	Method: Road cruising	Habitat: -----
Body Temperature: -----		Air Temperature: -----	Ground Temperature: -----	Humidity: -----
Sky Conditions: -----		Moon Phase: -----	Elevation: -----	Barometric Pressure: -----

Notes

In early Aug. 2003, I found an indigo hit by a car just south of High Springs, FL. This was the first indigo I've seen since the mid 1970's.
On Aug. 31, 2003, we found an indigo on a dirt road south of Newberry, FL. Mike, my son, grabbed his Canon AE-1 and I grabbed the digital and the fun began. This indigo was the most cooperative snake I've ever photographed, posing like a real pro. When it crawled off the edge of the road it lifted it's head and climbed into the thickets then finally into a tree. I've caught and seen
several indigos (in my youth), but I've never seen one in a tree or even climb into a tree before. We took several photos while it was ascending into the tree. The fire ants overtook us (very painful) and we had to back out.

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Comments

Posted by Torriano Alvores on Jun 30, 2009 at 10:24 PM

Yeah I agree.

Posted by justin collins on Mar 31, 2009 at 09:34 PM

you may want to remove the locality details from your notes-you know their status.