Eastern indigo snake hatchling

A baby eastern indigo snake peers between two egg shells right after hatching.

Photo By/Credit

Central Florida Zoo's Orianne Center for Indigo Conservation/Central Florida Zoo's Orianne Center for Indigo Conservation

Date Shot/Created

07/08/2021

Media Usage Rights/License

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A new hatchling peers out between egg shells at Central Florida Zoo’s Orianne Center for Indigo Conservation where staff breed and hatch eastern indigo snakes to reintroduce into the wild.

Ecosystem

Forest

Species

Drymarchon couperi

Subject tags

Reptiles

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