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INDIGO SNAKE, Spiloles corais coupcri 

 The largest serpent of the eastern United States, attaining a length of 9 feet. Sometimes called the Cophi-r Snake as it often takes 



refuge in the burrows of the gopher tortoise 



CRIBO. Spiloles corais mrhnurm 

 .\ north Mexican variety of 5. corais of South America, more closely approaching the typical form than the variety of the 



southeastern United States 



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