Reptiles & amphibians · La Saladita, Guerrero

Central American Indigo Snake

Drymarchon melanurus

Spanish: Tilcuate / Culebra arroyera

Central American Indigo Snake (Drymarchon melanurus)
Photographed by alex_nava_hernandez on iNaturalist · CC-BY-NC

The Middle American indigo snake (Drymarchon melanurus), also known as the blacktail cribo, is a large, nonvenomous, colubrid snake species found in the southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America, and northern South America. In addition to the nominotypical subspecies, it has one recognized subspecies, D. m. erebennus commonly known as the Texas indigo snake. Most often recorded in Aug, Jun.

TaxonomyReptilia › Squamata › Colubridae
Local records2 research-grade observations within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones)
Global records4,234 on iNaturalist
Recorded here2021 – 2025
Months recorded near La Saladita
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Recent local sightings

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Cite as: “Central American Indigo Snake (Drymarchon melanurus) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/drymarchon-melanurus/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.