Scarlet Snake

Description:

Scarlet snakes are a small fossorial species. Often confused with scarlet kingsnakes and the highly toxic coral snake, C. coccinea is a harmless species that will rarely bite. Scarlet snakes are specialized eaters with a diet of reptile eggs, other snakes, small insects, lizards and frogs.

Habitat:

This species is fairly common in pine forest and sandhill areas.

Notes:

These are odd little snakes, they'll buzz their tail like a lot of the other native non-venomous species do. They're very shy snakes that are very quick to get under cover.