Eastern Indigo Snake

The family I have throughout Florida and I have all seen the wildlife dwindle a bit from how it used to be years back, some older family members could tell you more than I. One species I wanted to highlight, who's had a drastic decline in population and is such an iconic Florida native, is the Eastern Indigo Snake. They are North America's largest non-venomous snake reaching lengths of around 8-9ft (~2.5m), they get the name "indigo" from the purple/blue shine to their scales in the sunlight. They are very important to the ecosystem, they keep many species in check, and they're numbers have been drastically declining. They use to be fairly prevalent throughout most of Florida at one point, but now it's hard to find them almost anywhere it seems, they're most prevalent now in the Everglades.