Wildlife of Florida Factsheet: Eastern Indigo Snake

Tyler Buckley, Raoul K. Boughton, Peyton Niebanck, and E. Hance Ellington

Release Date: 3/24/2024

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Abstract

Learn more about Eastern Indigo Snakes! The Wildlife of Florida Factsheet series was created to provide the public with a quick accurate introduction to Florida’s wildlife, including both native and invasive. We hope these factsheets inspire people to investigate wildlife in their own backyard and communities and understand the amazing biodiversity of wildlife in the state of Florida.

About this Publication

This document is WEC430, one of a series of the Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date June 2020. Revised March 2024. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

About the Authors

Tyler Buckley, former MS student; Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, UF/IFAS Range Cattle Research and Education Center; Raoul K. Boughton, senior research ecologist, The Mosaic Company; Peyton Niebanck, wildlife research technician, Eastern Indigo Snakes, The Orienne Society; and E. Hance Ellington, range wildlife specialist and assistant professor, Ph.D., Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, UF/IFAS RCREC; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.

Authors

Raoul Boughton

senior research ecologist, The Mosaic Company, former assistant professor and Extension rangeland wildlife specialist, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, UF/IFAS Range Cattle Research and Education Center

Charles Tyler Buckley

former MS student; Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Department, UF/IFAS Range Cattle Research and Education Center, Ona, FL

Peyton Niebanck

wildlife research technician, Eastern Indigo Snakes

E. Hance Ellington

Contact

Specialist

University of Florida

range wildlife specialist and assistant professor, Ph.D., Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, UF/IFAS Range Cattle Research and Education Center, Ona, FL

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