Texas Indigo Snake

(Drymarchon corais erebennus)

Habitat

Distribution

Food

Behavior

Reproduction

Threats

Literature Cited

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Literature Cited

Babis, W.A.  1949.  Notes on the food of the indigo snake.  Copeia 1949:147.

 Beasom, S.L.  1974.  Selectivity of predator control techniques in south Texas.  Journal of Wildlife Management 38: 837-844.

 Benson, R.H.  2002.  Texas indigo snake.  http://ccwild.cbi.tamucc.edu/naturalhistory/texas­_indigo_snake/tisacc.htm.  09/03/02.

 Cannatella, D.  2000.  Herps of Texas—snakes: Drymarchon corais erebennus.  http://www/lifesci.utexas.edu/research/txherps/snakes/drymarchon.corais.html.  09/03/02.

 Conant, R. and J.T. Collins.  1998.  Reptiles and amphibians:  eastern/central North America.  Houghton Mifflin.  Boston, MA. pp 349-350.

 Layne, J.M. and T.M. Steiner.  1984.  Sexual dimorphism in occurrence of keeled dorsal scales in the eastern indigo snake (Drymarchon corais couperi).  Copeia 3: 776-778.

 Snyder, S.A.  1993.  Wildlife species: Drymarchon corais.  http://www.fsFed.us/database/feis/animals/reptile/drco/all.html.  10/03/02.

 Texas Parks and Wildlife.  2002.  Texas threatened and endangered reptiles and amphibians.  http://www.tpwd.state.tx/nature/endang/animals/reptile.htm.  10/03/02.

 Werler, J.E. amd J.R. Dixon.  2000.  Texas snakes: identification, Distribution, and natural history.  University of Texas Press Austin, TX.  pp 98-102.