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The painted coral snake is a medium-sized tri-colored snake which can grow to 98 cm (39 in), but most are closer to 65–85 cm (26–33 in). [2] It is a snake with nocturnal habits found on the coastlines, through leaves, on top of logs and stones, its diet is based on lizards, other snakes (including coluibrids), amphisbenids and gymnophils.
While any snake exhibiting the coral snake's color and/or banding pattern in the southeastern United States will almost certainly, in fact, be a coral snake, there are coral snakes in other parts of the world that are colored differently. [4] Coral snakes in the United States are most notable for their red, yellow/white, and black-colored banding.
Micrurus obscurus, the black-neck Amazonian coral snake or Bolivian coral snake, is a species of snake of the family Elapidae. [ 2 ] The snake is found in Colombia , Brazil , Bolivia , Ecuador , and Peru .
The Central American coral snake is capable of growing to a total length (including tail) of 115 cm (45 in), but most are closer to 65 cm (26 in). It has smooth scales, a rounded head, and eyes with round pupils. Its color pattern can vary from two-colored to three-colored, with black, yellow and red banding. [3] The snout is black.
The Annellated coral snake can grow to 70 cm (28 in), but most are closer to 20–30 cm (7.9–11.8 in). Its color pattern may vary between subspecies: overall dark blue to black, with narrow rings of white, yellow, pale blue (M. a. annellatus), or dull red (M. a. balzani). Tricolored specimens are black, red, & yellow and color patterns do not ...
Micrurus sangilensis Nicéforo Maria, 1942 – San Gil coral snake, Santander coral snake; Micrurus scutiventris (Cope, 1869) – little black coral snake, pygmy black-backed coral snake; Micrurus serranus Harvey, Aparicio & Gonzáles, 2003; Micrurus silviae Di-Bernardo, Borges-Martins & da Silva Jr., 2007; Micrurus spixii Wagler, 1824 ...
Micrurus albicinctus, the white-banded coral snake, is a species of snake of the family Elapidae. [2] The snake is found in Brazil and Peru. [2] References
Calliophis nigrotaeniatus, the banded Malaysian coral snake or striped coral snake, is a species of snake of the family Elapidae. [ 1 ] The snake is found in Indonesia and Malaysia .