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Basic information
Drymarchon couperi
Blue Bull Snake
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassReptiles
OrderAmphisbaenians
FamilyColubrid Snakes
GenusIndigo Snakes
- English name
- Blue Bull Snake
- Alternative names
- Blue Indigo Snake, Eastern Indigo Snake, Gopher Snake, Gulf Coast Indigo Snake [kolpobasileus [kolpobasileus], Östliche Indigonatter
- Synonyms
- Coluber couperi, Drymarchon kolpobasileus
Distribution and environment
- Biome
- Agricultural, Coastal, Desert, Forest, Grassland, House, Marsh, River, Scrubland
- Microhabitat
- Fossorial and/or ground-dwelling only, Terrestrial
Size and appearance
- Body length
- max 2,629 mm
- Body mass
- max 1,364.1 g
Biological characteristics
- Longevity
- max 25.5 years
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Diet
- Amphibians, Birds, Eggs, Fish, Mammals, Ovivore, Piscivore, Reptiles
Reproduction and development
- Reproductive mode
- Oviparous
- Clutch size
- ~9 individuals
- Sex determination
- Genetic sex determination
Health and safety
- Venomous
- No
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- Catalogue of Life, eol traitbank, ReptTraits
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 6DLFS · COL26.10
- Original documentation
- eol traitbank · eol-2b1a6945e807cb8f26a5d28f00d1aab20ae38efbd77156a3c75f0e40e77d
- Original documentation
- ReptTraits · figshare-v4