2025 Eastern Indigo Snake Release
Houston Chandler
Learn how partners are reintroducing Eastern Indigo Snakes to the Southeast through head-starting, habitat restoration, and long-term monitoring.
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In a Hole in the Ground, There Lived a Tortoise…and So Much More.
Ben Stegenga
It’s well known that Gopher Tortoises are a keystone species in the dry upland habitats of the Longleaf Pine Ecosystem. Over 350 species rely upon them or their burrows in some way, but what does that actually look like?
Finding Indigo Snake Eggs in the Wild
Views:36 views Ben and Jesus have just kicked off our 2024-2025 indigo snake survey season, and while it’s…
Hatchling Indigo Snakes and Camera Trap Surveys
Our indigo snake season is winding down, but it was a pretty good winter for snake surveys, and we collected a lot of important data. Now the research crew is beginning to transition into some new spring projects, but they’ve still got a lot of indigo camera trap photos to go through. In this month’s episode of Fieldnotes, Ben recaps a particularly memorable day from this winter and highlights more sandhill biodiversity with another batch of camera trap photos.
Indigo Snake Surveys with Camera Traps & Soil Samples
We’re in the second half of the indigo snake survey season, and our field crew has been extra busy with the additional eDNA and camera trap surveys. In this month’s episode of Fieldnotes, Ben takes us out on a survey and demonstrates how…
New Published Research: Examining Indigo Snake Growth
Understanding factors that impact indigo snake body size and growth is particularly relevant because of ongoing reintroduction efforts.
Searching for Indigo Snake DNA
Views:515 views An indigo snake track leading into a small tortoise burrow. – Ben Stegenga A fundamental goal…
New Published Research: Where Do Indigo Snakes Shelter?
Indigo snakes present an interesting case study of shelter site use in a terrestrial snake because of the latitudinal differences apparent in indigo snake ecology.