North America. Some can reach up to 104 inches. While the Indigo
is widely distributed throughout the American tropics, the Eastern
subspecies occurs only in Southeastern Georgia and throughout
Peninsular Florida. Indigos will eat almost any animal up to about
the size of a squirrel. They favor frogs and other snakes. They can even
eat rattlers and other pit vipers because they are immune to their venom.
They do not constrict their prey, but simply over-power it. They lay from
5 to 12 eggs and incubate them for appx. 3 months. Babies can be 2 feet
at birth. This snake is endangered and on the Threatened Species List.
They have a calm and non aggressive disposition. When threatened,
they will actually roll over and play dead! They are relatively small,
24 inches being their normal length. Occasionally they will reach
36 inches.
In the wild they use it to root up frogs, salamanders, lizards,
snakes, turtles, and reptile eggs. As captives they will feed on
mice. Hognoses lay from 5 to 25 eggs. Incubation lasts about
6 weeks. Most neonates will readily take pinkie mice.
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