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TEXAS INDIGO SNAKE. DESCRIPTION. -may reach up to 8.5 feet long -weight 5.5 pounds -shiny and some what translucent with/brown-black coloration -underside is cloudy orange-blue-gray -eyes patterened with black or brown lines. HABIT/SOCIAL BEHAVIOR. -CAN BE FOUND IN SEMI-ARID AREAS
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DESCRIPTION -may reach up to 8.5 feet long -weight 5.5 pounds -shiny and some what translucent with/brown-black coloration -underside is cloudy orange-blue-gray -eyes patterened with black or brown lines
HABIT/SOCIAL BEHAVIOR -CAN BE FOUND IN SEMI-ARID AREAS (SOUTHERN TEXAS) -TO SHED THEIR SKINS SEEK UNDERGROUND WHERE HUMIDITY IS HIGHER THANAT SURFACE -WHEN THREATENED WILL HISS LOUDLY,WHIRL TIP OF TAIL,SWELLING OF NEC
EATING HABITS -FORGE FOR FOOD DURING THE DAY -FEEDS ON SMALL PRAY SUCH AS RATS,BIRDS, LIZARDS,TURTLES,OTHER SNAKES
REPRODUCTIVE HABITS -HAVE QUITE AGGRESSIVE MATING BEHAVIORWHICH MAY INVOLVE BITING FROM BOTH MATES -LAY ABOUT 10 TO12 EGGS IN EARLY APRIL -AFTER ABOUT 70 TO 85 DAYS YOUNG WILL HATCH, WILL BE 18 TO 26 INTCHS IN LENGTH
REFERENCES DRY MARCHON CORAIS EREBENNUS http://vygotsky.sfasu.edu/zoo/INDIGO.html