ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT PROFILE

PROTECTION STATUS: Threatened

YEAR PLACED ON LIST: 1978

CRITICAL HABITAT: Not designated

RECOVERY PLAN: 1982

RANGE: Florida, as well as southern areas of Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi

THREATS: Habitat destruction and degradation, collection for the pet trade, mortality from toxic chemicals used to collect rattlesnakes

POPULATION TREND: Due to habitat destruction and degradation, populations of indigo snakes have been steadily declining, although an exact current population count is uncertain.

Photo of eastern eastern Indigo snake by Florian Denis/Flickr