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The eastern indigo snake was largely eliminated from northern Florida due to habitat loss and fragmentation. A restoration program is currently underway at Apalachicola Bluffs and Ravines Preserve (ABRP) in northern Florida. The eastern indigo snake was last observed at ABRP in 1982, until 2017 when 12 snakes were released as part of the program.
This list of snakes of Florida includes all snakes in the U.S. state of Florida. Non-venomous ... Eastern Indigo Snake; Kingsnakes (Lampropeltis
The threatened creatures are a keystone species in north Florida, wildlife experts said. 41 ‘apex predators’ — that eat venomous snakes — released in north Florida. Here’s why.
Falcon indigo snake — Drymarchon caudomaculatus Wüster, Yrausquin & Mijares-Urrutia, 2001 [10] Indigo snake — Drymarchon corais (F. Boie, 1827) Eastern indigo snake — Drymarchon couperi (Holbrook, 1842) [11] Gulf Coast indigo snake — Drymarchon kolpobasileus Krysko, Granatosky, Nuñez & D. J. Smith, 2016 [12]
FWC biologists were surveying for eastern indigo snakes at the time of the discovery. One researcher spotted “a track” leading into the hole, raising suspicions a snake might be inside.
Zoo Atlanta has reared more than 100 eastern indigo snakes for the reintroduction program.
The landscape-level of conserved habitat at this WMA serves as important habitat for a range of species in otherwise highly-developed southwest Florida. Federally-listed species such as Red-cockaded woodpecker, Florida bonneted bat, and Eastern indigo snake occupy this WMA. [2] On rare occasions, Florida panthers have been sighted here. [3]
Nearly 200 snakes, representing 24 species that are among the “most dangerous in the world,” were bought and sold as part of an undercover illegal wildlife trafficking investigation in Florida ...