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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.
Printable version; In other projects ... the white-banded coral snake, is a species of snake of the family Elapidae. [2]
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 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 .
Micrurus ancoralis Jan, 1872 – regal coral snake, anchor coral snake; Micrurus annellatus (W. Peters, 1871) – annellated coral snake; Micrurus averyi K. Schmidt, 1939 – Avery's coral snake, black-headed coral snake; Micrurus baliocoryphus (Cope, 1862) Micrurus bocourti (Jan, 1872) – false triad coral snake, Ecuador coral snake
"A Checklist of the New World Venomous Coral Snakes (Elapidae), with Descriptions of New Forms". American Museum Novitates (2287): 1–60. (Micrurus lemniscatus helleri, new combination and new taxonomic status, p. 35). Schmidt KP, Schmidt FJW (1925). "New Coral Snakes from Peru". Field Museum of Natural History Zoological Series 12: 129–134.
The Texas coral snake has the traditional coloration associated with coral snakes: black, yellow, and red rings. [3] These rings extend onto their belly. [4] It is capable of growing to 48 in (122 cm) in total length (including tail), but most are closer to 24 in (61 cm). [3] Males are typically smaller than females. [5]