Wildlife Spotlight: Eastern Indigo Snake
© Dan Hipes
Eastern indigo snake
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Listed as threatened by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the shiny
blue-black Eastern indigo snake may grow as long as 8 feet. Nonvenomous,
the Eastern indigo snake uses its powerful jaws to subdue its prey,
which consists of other snakes (including venomous ones), frogs, small
mammals and salamanders, and birds. It commonly uses gopher tortoise
borrows to lay its eggs. Their numbers have declined from habitat loss
as well as from collecting for the pet market.
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