Movements, Survival, and Habitat Use of the Threatened Eastern Indigo Snake (Drymarchon couperi) in Southeastern Georgia

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed Drymarchon couperi (eastern indigosnake) as threatened in 1978 under the Endangered Species Act, because of populationdeclines caused primarily by habitat loss and degradation. The current range of thespecies is limited to extreme southeastern Georgia and Florida. Across its range, D.couperi occupies a wide variety of habitat types including longleaf pine-turkey oaksandhills, pine and scrub flatwoods, dry prairie, tropical hardwoods, freshwater wetlands,and coastal dunes. These required habitats are declining in quality and area because ofdevelopment, fire exclusion, certain forestry practices, and agriculture.

Publisher - U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Patuxent Wildlife Research Center

Subjects - Reptile, Indigo Snake, Drymarchon couperi; Endangered Species; Habitat

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Citation: Hyslop NL, Meyers JM, Cooper RJ. 2006. Movements, Survival, and Habitat Use of the Threatened Eastern Indigo Snake (Drymarchon couperi) in Southeastern Georgia. Athens (GA): U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Patuxent Wildlife Research Center; Final Report to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.