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FLORIDA & GEORGIA
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December 2004
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En route I stopped in
Georgia
to explore the sand hills area I visited last spring (see SC/GA
March 2004).
Walking through the
pine and scrub oak forest
I found my first evidence of herps, a few discarded shells left behind by
newborn snakes. Look closely and you
can see the slits made by the temporary egg tooth that hatchlings use to cut
their way out.
Then I came across
another indication of nearby herps, a large shed that could mean only one
thing: Indigo!
I proceeded slowly,
scanning the surrounding area for something big and black, but it was my
hearing that detected the snake. While
I was looking one way, off to the side I heard a faint shhh through the leaf litter.
Glanced up, turned my head, and
there it was, all seven feet stretched out and facing me sideways, with its
neck rising and flaring to make sure I was properly impressed. Indeed, I was.
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Eastern Indigo
Snake
Drymarchon corais couperi
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