Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Rattlesnake, anyone?

Here is a link to factzoo.com 's page on the East Indigo:
http://www.factzoo.com/reptiles/snakes/indigo-snake.html

According to this article the East Indigo (like the super niffty kingsnake) is immune to rattlesnake venom. This being the case rattlesnakes are part of its diet.


Here is a photo from the link above of  a eastern indigo carrying off a rattlesnake.

Factzoo also talks about the 7 breeds of Indigo snakes: Yellowtail, Orizaba, Mexican Redtail, Eastern Indigo, Unicolor, Blacktail, and Margarita Island. I did not realize this when starting this blog. So it is very important that while I continue my research I ensure the information shown here is only about the Eastern Indigo.

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