indigo snake

noun

|Updated on: 21 Jul 2018

Definition of indigo snake

: 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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Texas Parks and Wildlife Texas indigo snakes are nonvenomous and are actually immune to rattlesnake venom, according to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

— matthew martinez, star-telegram, "When a 6-foot snake slithered out of his toilet, dad knocked son over running away, he says," 12 June 2018
Texas indigo snakes regularly feed on smaller, venomous snakes.

— matthew martinez, star-telegram, "When a 6-foot snake slithered out of his toilet, dad knocked son over running away, he says," 12 June 2018
Texas tortoises, indigo snake, Texas horned lizards – are found few other places.

— shannon tompkins, Houston Chronicle, "Behold the untamed splendor of South Texas," 4 May 2018
Others, including imperiled Eastern indigo snakes and burrowing owls, rely on tortoise accommodations to escape fire, cold and predation.

— kevin spear, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Wekiva Parkway gopher tortoises face rough road," 27 Feb. 2018

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