Title
Survey And Monitoring Of The Eastern Indigo Snake In Georgia
Abstract
We studied the federally threatened eastern indigo snake (Drymarchon couperi) from 1992 to 2002 in southeastern Georgia, including a 4-year mark-recapture study conducted on the Fort Stewart Military Reservation. Indigo snakes in this region are sexually dimorphic in size, with males attaining greater maximum lengths. Subadult and small adult snakes grow more rapidly than larger adults. Georgia specimens prey on a variety of vertebrates, including juvenile gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus). The return of adult indigo snakes to the same sandhills in multiple years has conservation and management significance. Long-term population monitoring of indigo snakes is feasible and may yield valuable information.
Publication Date
1-1-2003
Publication Title
Southeastern Naturalist
Volume
2
Issue
3
Number of Pages
393-408
Document Type
Article
Personal Identifier
scopus
DOI Link
https://doi.org/10.1656/1528-7092(2003)002[0393:SAMOTE]2.0.CO;2
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
24344490719 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/24344490719
STARS Citation
Stevenson, Dirk J.; Dyer, Karen J.; and Willis-Stevenson, Beth A., "Survey And Monitoring Of The Eastern Indigo Snake In Georgia" (2003). Scopus Export 2000s. 2027.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2000/2027