Eastern Indigo

(Drymarchon couperi)

Holbrook, 1842

Genus

Drymarchon

Species

couperi

Subspecies

N/A

Common Name

Eastern Indigo

Other Names

Blue Indigo Snake, Gopher Snake, Bull Snake

Conservation

Status

Alabama Highest Conservation Concern: P1

Extirpated/CAU

(Conservation Action Underway) Taxa that historically occurred in Alabama, were absent for a period of time, and currently are being reintroduced, or have a plan for being reintroduced, into the state from populations outside the state

Priority 1 Highest

Taxa critically imperiled and at risk of extinction/extirpation because of extreme rarity, restricted distribution, decreasing population trend/population viability problems, and specialized habitat needs/habitat vulnerability due to natural/human-caused factors. Immediate research and/or conservation action required

Taxon

Drymarchon couperi GUYER 2019

Coluber couperi HOLBROOK 1842: 75
Georgia Couperi — BAIRD & GIRARD 1853: 92 (?)
Spilotes couperii — COPE 1860: 342
Spilotes corais couperii — LÖNNBERG 1894
Compsosoma corais couperii — COPE 1900:858 (part).
Spilotes corais couperi — BROWN 1901 (part)
Drymarchon corais couperi — AMARAL 1929: 330
Drymarchon corais couperi — SMITH 1941: 479
Drymarchon corais couperi — CONANT & COLLINS 1991: 191
Drymarchon couperi — CROTHER 2000: 61
Drymarchon corais couperi — TENNANT & BARTLETT 2000: 340
Drymarchon couperi — WALLACH et al. 2014: 245
Drymarchon kolpobasileus KRYSKO, GRANATOSKY, NUÑEZ & SMITH 2016
Drymarchon corais couperi — SCHÄBERLE 2018 Drymarchon couperi FOLT 2019 Drymarchon couperi GUYER 2019