The Eastern Indigo Snake inhabits the southeastern U.S. including Alabama. The Texas Indigo Snake is found in south Texas and Mexico. The historical range of the Eastern Indigo Snake was from the east coast of South Carolina down thru southern Georgia, Florida, into south Alabama and southwest Mississippi.

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.

2024年5月15日 · A project to restore the Eastern indigo snake to Alabama is one step closer to its goal with the release of 40 indigos in the Conecuh National Forest on Saturday, May 11, 2024. The reintroduction project aims to establish a viable population of this threatened species within its historic range along Alabama’s Gulf Coast.

IDENTIFICATION: The Eastern indigo snake (Drymarchon couperi) is a large glossy blue-black non-poisonous snake reaching lengths of up to 9 feet. It is the longest snake native to the United States. It is a solid color with an occasional orange, pink white or reddish area under the chin, which may extend to the throat and cheeks.

2024年12月10日 · In Alabama, as in Georgia and the Florida Panhandle, the eastern indigo snake has historically preferred raised sandy ridges in proximity to stands of longeaf pines and scrub oaks. In these areas, it shares this habitat with the gopher tortoise ( Gopherus polyphemus ), which digs extensive burrows in the loose soil that are shared by indigo ...

2022年3月20日 · For only the second time in more than 60 years, the elusive Eastern indigo snake has slithered into Alabama. The discovery of a wild-born Eastern indigo snake marks the success of an intensive...

The eastern indigo's realm is the longleaf pine forest that once covered Florida, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi, where it shelters in gopher tortoise burrows to nest and breed. The pet trade over-collected them, and hunters killed them by pouring gasoline down gopher tortoise burrows to expel rattlesnakes for roundup festivals.

Experts from various state and federal organizations chose Alabama’s Conecuh National Forest because of its restored longleaf ecosystem, providing the best available habitat in Alabama for bringing indigo snakes back to the state. The first eastern indigo snakes were released into the Conecuh National Forest in June of 2010.

The historic range of the astern indigo snake (e Drymarchon couperi) includes the entirety of Florida, southern Georgia, and the southern tier of counties in Alabama. The eastern indigo snake is most often associated with landscapes that include forest-sandhills- longleaf pine

2023年4月24日 · The 2022 discovery of an Eastern indigo snake in Alabama is very exciting since there has only been one other Eastern indigo snake observed in the state since 1954. Eastern Indigo snakes disappeared from Alabama nearly 60 years ago, but scientists and conservationists have been working with the Eastern Indigo Project to bring them back to the ...