Eastern Coral Snake ~ Micrurus fulvius
Adult Body Length: 20 – 30 inches
Breeding Period: June – July
Typical Foods: Other snakes, lizards, and insects
The Eastern Coral snake is a venomous snake.
It is a burrowing snake which makes it rarely
seen. Its extremely toxic venom attacks the
nervous system and causing paralysis. The
Eastern Coral snakes body is ringed of red,
yellow, and black, with the yellow rings
separating the red and black ones. For this
reason they are commonly mistaken as the
non-venomous Scarlet Kingsnake whose body
is ringed with red, yellow, and black rings, with
black separating the red and yellow ones. Help
for discerning these two snakes is a rhyme as written:
Red on Yellow, Kill a Fellow,
Red on Black, Venom Lack.
______Coral Snake_____________Scarlet Kingsnake_____
