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Eastern Indigo Snake

Drymarchon couperi

Classification

The eastern indigo snake (Drymarchon couperi) is a species of large, nonvenomous snake in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. Native to the Southeastern United States, it is the longest native snake species in the country. Taxonomy and etymology Taxonomy The eastern indigo snake was first described by John Edwards Holbrook in 1842.

Distribution

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Germany · 1