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indigo snake
noun
a large, deep-blue or brown harmless snake, Drymarchon corais, ranging from the southern U.S. to South America and invading burrows to prey on small mammals: the eastern subspecies D. corais couperi is now greatly reduced in number.
indigo snake
noun
a dark-blue nonvenomous North American colubrid snake, Drymarchon corais couperi
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of indigo snake1
Example Sentences
It serves as habitat for threatened and endangered species including the gopher tortoise, wood stork and eastern indigo snake.
—Fifty-three threatened or endangered species, including the West Indian manatee and the eastern indigo snake, make their home in the lagoon at some point in their lives.
There are copper head snakes, coral snakes, cottonmouth snakes, and the blue indigo snake, so long and fast it can kill a rattlesnake.
The nonvenomous eastern indigo snake is a native of southern Georgia, Florida, Alabama and Mississippi.
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