Home Range and Seasonal Activity of the Eastern Indigo Snake, Drymarchon corais couperi, in Northern Florida

Tne eastern indigo snake, Orymarchon corais couperi, is the longest speciesof snake in the United States (Conant 1975). Most accounts of its naturalhistory have emphasized its association with xeric sand ridge habitats(sandhills) and its dependence on the burrows of the gopher tortoise (Gopheruspolyphemus) for overwintering (Wright and Wright 1957, Mount 1975, Lawler1977, Speake et al. 1978, Landers and Speake 1980, Speake and McGlincy 1981;U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 1982, Diemer and Speake 1983).

Publisher - Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI)

Subjects - Reptile, Indigo Snake, Drymarchon couperi

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Citation: Moler PE. 1985. Home Range and Seasonal Activity of the Eastern Indigo Snake, Drymarchon corais couperi, in Northern Florida. Tallahassee (FL): Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), Wildlife Research Laboratory; Final Performance Report, Study No. E-1-06, III-A-5. 17 pp.