Eastern indigo snake

Eastern indigo snake
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Drymarchon
Species:
D. couperi
Binomial name
Drymarchon couperi
(Holbrook, 1842)
Synonyms
  • Coluber couperi
    Holbrook, 1842
  • Georgia couperi
    — Baird & Girard, 1853
  • Spilotes couperi
    — Cope, 1860
  • Spilotes corais couperi
    — Lönnberg, 1894
  • Drymarchon corais couperi
    — Amaral, 1929
  • Drymarchon couperi
    — Crother, 2000

The eastern indigo snake (Drymarchon couperi) is a species of large, non-venomous snake in the family Colubridae. Native to the southeastern United States, it is the longest native snake species in the country.

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