The docile, nonvenomous eastern indigo snake is known for its lustrous, blue-black body; the reddish-orange hue on its chin, throat and cheeks; and its large size, as long as 7 feet from nose to tail, ...

NOTE: In 2016 biologists released a study determining that the species till then known as the “eastern indigo snake” is in fact two separate species — the eastern indigo snake, Drymarchon Couperi, and ...

They both have black to blue-black bodies with lighter bellies ... they darken in color until they attain their true black scales. Eastern Indigo Snake vs Black Racer: Behavior The eastern indigo ...