TEXAS INDIGO SNAKE

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TEXAS INDIGO SNAKE
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DESCRIPTION
-may reach up to 8.5 feet long -weight 5.5
pounds -shiny and some what translucent
with/brown-black coloration -underside is cloudy
orange-blue-gray -eyes patterened with black or
brown lines
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HABIT/SOCIAL BEHAVIOR
-CAN BE FOUND IN SEMI-ARID AREAS (SOUTHERN
TEXAS) -TO SHED THEIR SKINS SEEK UNDERGROUND
WHERE HUMIDITY IS HIGHER THANAT SURFACE -WHEN
THREATENED WILL HISS LOUDLY,WHIRL TIP OF
TAIL,SWELLING OF NEC
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EATING HABITS
-FORGE FOR FOOD DURING THE DAY -FEEDS ON SMALL
PRAY SUCH AS RATS,BIRDS, LIZARDS,TURTLES,OTHER
SNAKES
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REPRODUCTIVE HABITS
-HAVE QUITE AGGRESSIVE MATING BEHAVIORWHICH MAY
INVOLVE BITING FROM BOTH MATES -LAY ABOUT 10 TO12
EGGS IN EARLY APRIL -AFTER ABOUT 70 TO 85 DAYS
YOUNG WILL HATCH, WILL BE 18 TO 26 INTCHS IN
LENGTH
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REFERENCES
DRY MARCHON CORAIS EREBENNUS http//vygotsky.sfasu
.edu/zoo/INDIGO.html