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Eastern Coral Snake

Micrurus fulvius

Description:

Venomous About 2 ft. long , Body ringed with black, yellow, and red; narrow yellow rings separate the wider red and black rings. The rings continue around the belly of the snake. From tip of snout to just behind the eye the head is black, followed by a wide yellow ring. The tail is black and yellow, without any red rings. The red rings usually contain black flecks and spots. The scales are smooth. The pupil is round. The color pattern of the young is the same as the adults. Feeds on lizards, other snakes, and frogs.

Habitat:

Hammock

Notes:

One of my favorites

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11 Comments

Tukup
Tukup 3 years ago

Hi Jeffrey. I see you have been inactive for some time but you had some great snake shots in the past. I am trying to drum up pictures of Coral snakes for the Coral Snake Mission found here: https://www.projectnoah.org/missions/240...
I would be honored if you would post some or all of your corals to the mission. I'd like to have some representation from the US. Thanks

JeffreyDuby
JeffreyDuby 10 years ago

:) thanks

Reza Hashemizadeh
Reza Hashemizadeh 10 years ago

Stunning !

JeffreyDuby
JeffreyDuby 10 years ago

Thanks and yes they are :)

Bhagya Herath
Bhagya Herath 10 years ago

so so beautiful

JeffreyDuby
JeffreyDuby 10 years ago

Thanks Kerry and naross! Also I was talking about the habitat not a lounging hammock if that's what you meant naross?

naross
naross 10 years ago

Your hammock? Beautiful snake and series, Jeffrey. Cheers for a great description too.

KerryHawkins
KerryHawkins 10 years ago

They make themselves easy to spot with those colours. Beautiful. Great photos Jeffrey

JeffreyDuby
JeffreyDuby 10 years ago

Thanks Reza and Ashley
Also this guy didn't make it easy for those pictures either lol.

AshleyT
AshleyT 10 years ago

I knew when I saw this was in Florida that it was yours :) I have only seen a handful of these guys, and always a treat! Beautiful pictures!

Reza Hashemizadeh
Reza Hashemizadeh 10 years ago

Beautiful !

JeffreyDuby
Spotted by
JeffreyDuby

Sanford, Florida, United States

Spotted on Apr 25, 2013
Submitted on Apr 26, 2013

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