indigo snake

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Definition of indigo snake in English English dictionary

{i} large nonvenomous indigo colored snake that preys on small animals found from south United States to South America

large dark-blue nonvenomous snake that invades burrows; found in southern North America and Mexico

A nonvenomous bluish-black snake (Drymarchon corais) of the southern United States and northern Mexico. Nonvenomous snake (Drymarchon corais, family Colubridae) found from the southeastern U.S. to Brazil. The largest snake in the U.S., it has a record length of 9.2 ft (2.8 m). In the U.S. it is blue-black; southward it may have brown foreparts, and in the tropics it is often called brown snake. It kills small vertebrates, including venomous snakes, by crushing with its jaws and the weight of its coils, but is not a constrictor. In defense it hisses and vibrates its tail but rarely strikes. It may share a burrow with a gopher tortoise, for which it is often called gopher snake. It has been listed as an endangered species since the 1970s

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Related Terms

eastern indigo snake

a variety of indigo snake

Hyphenation

in·di·go snake

Turkish pronunciation

îndıgō sneyk

Pronunciation

/ˈəndəˌgō ˈsnāk/ /ˈɪndəˌɡoʊ ˈsneɪk/