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Oxyrhopus guibei
It has between 50 cm to 1 meter in length. It is very poisonous, but it does not sting (does not boat), only biting and how his mouth is small (no large aperture) and teeth injectors venom are small and curved back, fit to hold the prey, usually other species snakes.
This specimen from the "Parque Zoológico de São Paulo"
Spotted on Aug 21, 2012
Submitted on Dec 19, 2012
5 Comments
Yeah... It's a Milk snake...
Looks like a Micrurus frontalis? Quite a nasty one. To my knowledge the "poems" are not used or are better not used in Brazil. The usually are correct for the US species.
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~gambl007/cerrado....
Yeah... Sure.
It is one of 61 species of Coral Snake.
I remember this poem applies only 2 types of this snake... (Just do not remember which)
you sure its a coral? the poem goes
"If red touches yellow, you'll be a dead fellow,
Red touches black, poison ye lack"
Grandiosas escamas::