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title: "Central American Indigo Snake"
description: "Drymarchon melanurus — Rettili. The Middle American indigo snake (Drymarchon melanurus), also known commonly as the blacktail cribo, is a species of large, nonvenomous, snake in the family Colubridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/central-american-indigo-snake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Central American Indigo Snake

> Drymarchon melanurus — Rettili. The Middle American indigo snake (Drymarchon melanurus), also known commonly as the blacktail cribo, is a species of large, nonvenomous, snake in the family Colubridae.

- Scientific name: *Drymarchon melanurus*
- Category: `reptiles` (Rettili)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 4224
- Wikidata: [Q2382534](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2382534)
- iNaturalist taxon: [73766](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/73766)

## Names

- en: Central American Indigo Snake
- de: Schwarzschwanz-Indigonatter
- es: Culebra arroyera de cola negra

## Countries with the most observations

MX (1704), US (1645), CO (92), EC (84), CR (53), HN (49), BZ (47), GT (30), NI (20), SV (13), PA (10), PE (6)

## Summary

The Middle American indigo snake (Drymarchon melanurus), also known commonly as the blacktail cribo, is a species of large, nonvenomous, snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to the southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America, and northern South America. In addition to the nominate subspecies, it has four other recognized subspecies, including D. m. erebennus, commonly known as the Texas indigo snake.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_American_indigo_snake

## Photo

![Central American Indigo Snake](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/central-american-indigo-snake/medium.jpg)

Photo: Aidan Broome · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/331992848

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/central-american-indigo-snake?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).