Often eastern indigo snakes can be found living in the same habitat as gopher tortoises. These snakes thrive more in wetland environments, as opposed to xeric conditions. Primary Diet: carnivore (Eats terrestrial vertebrates, Piscivore, Eats eggs)Įastern indigo snakes can be found in a variety of environments including pine and scrubby flatwoods, high pine, dry prairie, tropical hardwood hammocks, edges of freshwater marshes, agricultural fields, coastal dunes, and human-altered habitats. Their powerful jaws are used to grasp and pin down their prey until it can be ingested.Īnimal Foods: birds mammals amphibians reptiles fish eggs Eastern indigo snakes do not constrict their prey, they typically overpower it until the prey is exhausted to the point at which it can't escape, sometimes immobilizing the prey by pressing it to the ground. However there has been recorded cases of an eastern indigo snake beating prey against a nearby object to kill it. Like other snakes, they typical eat their prey while it is still living. Interestingly, they are one of the only snakes known to eat young turtles. Eastern indigo snakes are immune to the venom of sympatric species of venomous snakes. Eastern indigo snakes eat mammals, frogs, lizards, fish, eggs, birds, and other snakes, including venomous snakes. They have one of the most varied diets of any snake. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: least concernĮastern indigo snakes consume a variety of food sources. State of Michigan List: no special status Several adult snakes have been returned to sandhill regions and are being monitored for conservation research purposes. Under this protection, it is illegal to possess, harm or harass eastern indigo snakes and permits are required to keep or transport them. Since then, they have been protected by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Eastern indigo snakes were placed on the U.S. Eastern indigo snakes are sometimes accidentally gassed in their burrows by rattlesnake poachers and they were frequently and illegally taken from their natural habitats and sold as pets. Domesticated animals and pesticides also negatively affect populations. Appropriate habitat is destroyed during roadway and housing construction and logging and agricultural activities. Humans present that greatest threat to eastern indigo snakes.
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