Michele Elmore releases snake

Michele Elmore kneels on a sandy gopher tortoise apron while guiding an eastern indigo snake into the burrow.

Photo By/Credit

Date Shot/Created

05/17/2023

Media Usage Rights/License

Public Domain

Image

Michele Elmore guides an eastern indigo snake into a gopher tortoise burrow at The Nature Conservancy’s Apalachicola Bluffs and Ravines Preserve.

Ecosystem

Forest

Species

Drymarchon couperi

Staff

Michele Elmore, Ph.D.

Subject tags

Endangered and/or Threatened species

Reptiles

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