Eastern Indigo Snake
Drymarchon couperi
- Class
- Reptile
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Drymarchon
- Also known as
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Eastern Indigo Snake research
71 published papers in the HerpAtlas library. Most cited below, or see the latest research →
- Effects of body size and sex of Drymarchon couperi (eastern indigo snake) on habitat use, movements, and home range size in Georgia
Journal of Wildlife Management · 2013 · cited 57 times
- Seasonal Shifts in Shelter and Microhabitat Use of Drymarchon couperi (Eastern Indigo Snake) in Georgia
Copeia · 2009 · cited 45 times
- Survival and population growth of a long‐lived threatened snake species, Drymarchon couperi (Eastern Indigo Snake)
Population Ecology · 2011 · cited 41 times
- Factors Influencing Home-Range Sizes of Eastern Indigo Snakes in Central Florida
Journal of Herpetology · 2011 · cited 41 times
- SURVEY AND MONITORING OF THE EASTERN INDIGO SNAKE IN GEORGIA
Southeastern Naturalist · 2003 · cited 39 times
- Prey Records for the Eastern Indigo Snake (Drymarchon couperi)
Southeastern Naturalist · 2010 · cited 37 times
- Habitat fragmentation effects on annual survival of the federally protected eastern indigo snake
Animal Conservation · 2012 · cited 31 times
- Seasonal Variation in Eastern Indigo Snake (Drymarchon couperi) Movement Patterns and Space Use in Peninsular Florida at Multiple Temporal Scales
Herpetologica · 2016 · cited 30 times
Eastern Indigo Snake natural history notes
Field and captive observations published in Herpetological Review's Natural History Notes. Each is a single observation, summarized by us, with a link to the original.
Burrowing behavior
Lloyd R. Davis, Kevin M. Enge, José Rogelio Cedeño-Vázquez, Rosa Pamela Adylú Onofre Salomón, and Ena Carolina Onofre Salomón · 2025 · Herpetological Review 56(1): 95–96 · Read the note
Death associated with raillietiella orientalis
James E. Bogan, Bruno Felipe Camera, Jesús A. Loc-Barragán, Juan N. Marín-Vázquez, and Víctor H. Luja · 2022 · Herpetological Review 53(1): 147–148 · Read the note
Death feigning
2010 · Herpetological Review 41(1): 92–93 · Read the note
Diet
2023 · Herpetological Review 54(4): 683 · Read the note
Paul T. Andreadis, Ian A. Bartoszek, Cailin Prokop-Ervin, and Shannon Pittman · 2018 · Herpetological Review 49(2): 341–342 · Read the note
Endoparasite
2018 · Herpetological Review 49(4): 752 · Read the note
Fire mortality
Dirk J. Stevenson, Nancy Stedman, Terry M. Norton, Frankie H. Snow, and Adam B. Safer · 2020 · Herpetological Review 51(2): 349–350 · Read the note
Historical relative abundance
2015 · Herpetological Review 46(3): 447 · Read the note
Longdistance interpopulation movement
Dirk J. Stevenson and Natalie L. Hyslop · 2010 · Herpetological Review 41(1): 91–92 · Read the note
Mortality / entanglment in plastic mesh
Kevin M. Enge · 2018 · Herpetological Review 49(4): 751–752 · Read the note
Nesting habitat and egg depredation
S. Lloyd Newberry, John B. Jensen, and Dirk J. Stevenson · 2009 · Herpetological Review 40(1): 97 · Read the note
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