Status of the Eastern Indigo Snake in Southern Florida National Parks and Vicinity
Bass OL, Steiner TM, Kuslan JA. 1983. Status of the Eastern Indigo Snake in Southern Florida National Parks and Vicinity. SFRC-83/01. South Florida Natural Resources Center
The status and biology of the eastern indigo snake, Drymarchon corais couperi, the largest North American snake (Lawler, 1977), is poorly understood. Destruction of habitat and exploitation by the pet trade have reduced its population levels in various localities to the point that it is listed by the Federal government as a threatened species. Conant (1975) reported its range as southeast Georgia, peninsular Florida, and the lower keys, with disjunct populations in west Florida, and southern Alabama. No specimens have been recorded in Alabama since 1954 (Neill, 1954) and it may now be extinct in that state (Mount, 1975). In southern Florida, the indigo snake has been reported to occur in several habitats, including dry Everglades marsh, tropical hammocks, and muckland fields (Carr, 1940).
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Bass, Oron; Steiner, Todd; Kuslan, James
- Date of Issue
- 1983-01
- Publisher
- South Florida Natural Resources Center
- Units
- EVER
- Keywords
- eastern, everglades, indigo, SFNRCTRS, snake