indigo snake
noun
: a very large blue-black or brownish colubrid snake (genus Drymarchon and especially D. corais) of the southeastern U.S. and Texas to Argentina
called also gopher snake
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The campaign was shot in Los Angeles alongside symbolic animals — a hawk, an owl, an indigo snake and Dobermans — that are meant to represent different facets of Mackage’s DNA.
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Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2025
Endangered Florida panthers and indigo snakes will be killed by the increasing vehicle traffic entering the facility.
—Elise Bennett, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2025
On April 25, The Nature Conservancy and its partners released 42 young eastern indigo snakes, 22 females and 20 males, at the Apalachicola Bluffs and Ravines Preserve (ABRP) in Florida.
—Kelli Bender, People.com, 8 May 2025
An indigo snake crawls across a red tapestry.
—Alicia Ault, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Oct. 2024
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Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2025
Endangered Florida panthers and indigo snakes will be killed by the increasing vehicle traffic entering the facility.
—Elise Bennett, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2025
On April 25, The Nature Conservancy and its partners released 42 young eastern indigo snakes, 22 females and 20 males, at the Apalachicola Bluffs and Ravines Preserve (ABRP) in Florida.
—Kelli Bender, People.com, 8 May 2025
An indigo snake crawls across a red tapestry.
—Alicia Ault, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Indigo snake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/indigo%20snake. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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