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The eastern indigo snake was first described by John Edwards Holbrook in 1842. For many years the genus Drymarchon was considered monotypic with one species, Drymarchon corais, with 12 subspecies, until the early 1990s when Drymarchon corais couperi was elevated to full species status according to the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, in their official names list.
Other common names for P. fasciatus include blue-tailed skink (for juveniles) and red-headed skink (for adults). It is technically appropriate to call it the American five-lined skink to distinguish it from the African skink Trachylepis quinquetaeniata (otherwise known as five-lined mabuya) or the eastern red-headed skink to distinguish it from its western relative Plestiodon skiltonianus ...
Common garter snakes have bright blue, yellow and green stripes across their backs. A garter snake rests on a wood pile. The Western terrestrial garter snake species is common in most habitats but ...
Small snake, dark gray with bright yellow collar. Belly is bright yellow with rows of black spots. [4] Indigo snake (Drymarchon couperi). Large, thick-bodied snake, almost entirely black with reddish facial highlights. [3] Corn snake (Pantherophis guttatus). Adults are bright orange, with darker orange dorsal saddles and side blotches.
You can identify this snake by its pattern: light-ended crossbands that scope the entire body. Its colors vary, some common include gray, dark gray, light brown, brown with a gray head, brown or ...
Midland water snake: Nerodia sipedon sipedon: Northern water snake: Nerodia taxispilota: Brown water snake: Opheodrys aestivus: Rough green snake: Pituophis melanoleucus: Pine snake: Liodytes rigida: Glossy crayfish snake: Regina septemvittata: Queen snake: Rhadinaea flavilata: Pine woods snake: Seminatrix pygaea paludis: Carolina swamp snake ...
30 - 50 inches in length, adults are blue to greenish in colouration (with a bright yellow belly), while juveniles have an ornate blotched, spotted, and speckled pattern Redbelly snake ("Black Hills" subspecies) Storeria occipitomaculata pahasapae: the Black Hills redbelly snake subspecies is found within the Black Hills of South Dakota
Indigo snakes are large, robust snakes. They have smooth dorsal scales, and several color variations, including a glossy blue-black color. This snake genus, Drymarchon, means "Lord of The Forest". The species in this genus are sexually dimorphic, with the males being larger than the females.