![]() ![]() Jones Ecological Research Center, Southern Company through the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, and the Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida. Fish and Wildlife Service, Welaka National Fish Hatchery, The Orianne Society, Joseph W. When the first 12 zoo-raised eastern indigos were released at ABRP in 2017, it symbolized a significant milestone for a partnership 35 years in the making that, in addition to TNC, included, the Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens’ Orianne Center for Indigo Conservation, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), U.S. Many endemic species at ABRP, particularly songbirds, have likely suffered from the imbalance. As an apex predator, the species plays a vital role in the natural balance, a consumer of otherwise unchecked species, especially snakes. The clutch size of the Texas indigo snake is around 10-12 eggs per clutch. Generally, the breeding process takes place during the winter period. The eastern indigo was one of the earliest entries on the list of protected wildlife under the Federal Endangered Species Act.īefore reintroduction, eastern indigos had been noticeably absent at TNC’s Apalachicola Bluffs and Ravines Preserve (ABRP) since the last ones were spotted in 1982. Like most snake species, the Texas indigo snake (Drymarchon corais erebennus) is oviparous that is, they lay eggs. By 1978, however, its numbers had so drastically declined, victim to human antipathy, cars and the steady degradation of its habitat. They are native to the southeast United States, and once thrived in the state of Alabama. A daytime hunter, it was once a common sight throughout Florida, Georgia, southern Alabama and southeastern Mississippi. Eastern indigo snakes are one of the largest North American snakes, reaching lengths of up to 8 feet long. It’s non-venomous and, at least as far as its diet goes, fond of its fellow snakes, particularly the venomous kind. The apex predator is sleek as a stair banister, with conspicuous black-blue scales. Due in large part to habitat fragmentation in their native environment in the. Its name comes from the varying shades of blue-black or indigo it displays along the rear half of its body. This snake is actually mottled, with dark brown along its front half. The longest recorded indigo snake was nearly 8½ feet long. California red-sided garters ( Thamnophis sirtalis infernalis) are a dark bluish black with a bright red head, red checkered pattern and a turquoise blue dorsal stripe. Most adult indigo snakes grow to between 5½ and 6½ feet in length. The longest snake native to the United States, the eastern indigo, grows 9 feet long. The blue-striped garter snake is one of the smaller blue snakes on this list, adults usually only grow to 22 inches.
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