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Micrurus surinamensis
An 80 cm long snake, it was swiming under the water. Due to the color pattern I thought it was a coral snake, however the lines across the body appear to be incomplete...
This is definitely not Micrurus surinamensis, as it has a triad pattern (3 black stripes) and the one in the photo has a monad pattern. It looks more like Hydrodynastes bicinctus.
definitely not a banded krait, i work with them they have flattened tails and look very different
Ive asked several people about this snake now, no one is too sure, its those incompete bands but if i was to hazard a guess it would be Himeralli (Micrurus surinamensis) or the South American Aquatic Coral Snake, the largest coral snake, often has random bandings and a red head
You always need to be especially careful and aware of the species that you can encounter. Just a couple examples: http://www.ecologyasia.com/verts/snakes/...
http://www.superstock.com/stock-photos-i...
A coral snake is a coral snake, I was not aware that thier color patterns were different depending on region...
Just a quick note... those rhymes only are applicable for the US coral snakes and mimics... follow that rhyme elsewhere and you could get killed
From what im reading all coral snakes make complete bands! an interesting conundrum!!
i see what you mean though coral snakes have a black head so something different here!
if red touches black, you're okay jack
If red touches yellow, you're a dead fellow
Eastern Coral Snake Yellow-Red-Yellow-Black-Yellow-Red
Scarlet King Snake Yellow-Black-Red-Black-Yellow-Black
hard to tell apart if the colours are banded with yellow = Danger
if banded by black = Safe
Spotted on Jan 3, 2011
Submitted on Oct 27, 2011
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