*Indigo Snake*
Indigo snakes come from Florida, coastal plain of Southern Georgia, South Alabama, and Southeast Mississippi.
These snakes are known to be the largest native snake species in the U.S.
The largest one was measured to be 9 feet long.
Indigo's are known to frequent in multiple habitats such as: flat wood land areas, high pines, dry prairie, fresh water marshes, and human-altered habitats.
Indigo snakes are non-venomous, and are immune to venomous snakes like the rattlesnake.
The indigo snake gets it's name obviously from it's colorization.
They come in a blue-black color.
Some also come in a reddish-orange to tan color on the throat, cheek, and chin.
What these snakes feed on: turtles, toads, small birds, eggs, fish, frogs, toads, lizards, other snakes, and small mammals.
Female indigo's can lay about 4-12 eggs.
Here's something I didn't know, they are able to store sperm and delay fertilization. Indigo snakes are certainly an interesting reptile. Don't you think?
*Photo Courtesy of:* http://www.stewart.army.mil/dpw/fish/indigoaorlongDIRK2.jpg
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