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Texas Indigo Snake: Characteristics and Behavior

The Texas Indigo Snake may reach up to 8.5 feet long, weighing 5.5 pounds. It has a shiny, somewhat translucent body with brown-black coloration, while the underside is cloudy orange-blue-gray. Found in semi-arid areas of Southern Texas, they shed skin underground for higher humidity. When threatened, they hiss loudly, whirl the tail tip, and swell the neck. Active during the day, they feed on small prey like rats, birds, lizards, turtles, and other snakes. Mating can be aggressive, with females laying 10 to 12 eggs in early April, hatching in about 70 to 85 days. The hatchlings are 18 to 26 inches long. Reference: Dry Marchon corais Erebennus.

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Texas Indigo Snake: Characteristics and Behavior

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  1. TEXAS INDIGO SNAKE

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. EATING HABITS -FORGE FOR FOOD DURING THE DAY -FEEDS ON SMALL PRAY SUCH AS RATS,BIRDS, LIZARDS,TURTLES,OTHER SNAKES

  5. 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

  6. REFERENCES DRY MARCHON CORAIS EREBENNUS http://vygotsky.sfasu.edu/zoo/INDIGO.html

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