Research topic: coral snake

coral snake name for poisonous New World snakes of the same family as the Old World cobras . About 30 species inhabit Mexico, Central America, and N South America; two are found in the United States. The Eastern coral snake ( Micrurus fulvius ), or harlequin snake, is found in the SE United States and N Mexico. It is a burrowing snake with a small, blunt head and a cylindrical body, averaging 2 1/2 ft (75 cm) in length. The body is ringed with bands of black, red, and yellow; the tail has yellow and black rings only. The Sonoran, or Western, coral snake ( Micruroides euryxanthus ) is... Read more