See text Drymarchon is a genus of large non-venomous colubrid snakes, commonly known as indigo snakes or cribos,[3] found in the Southeastern United States, Mexico, Central America, and South America.

They feed on a broad variety of small animals such as rodents, birds, lizards, frogs, toads, and other snakes, including rattlesnakes.

Typical threat display includes hissing and shaking of its tail as a warning.

They use a variety of different habitats, including longleaf pine-turkey oak sandhills, pine and scrub flatwoods, dry prairie, tropical hardwoods, freshwater wetlands, and coastal dunes; however, winter survival, especially in northern portions of its range, depends on the availability of appropriate shelters which are primarily Gopher Tortoise burrows.

[7] Populations in Alabama, Texas, and South Carolina have been largely lost due to habitat destruction, poaching, and killings.