Coral snakes are relatively small snakes. They are tri-colors - yellow, red and black. The coral snake distinguishes itself from copycats, such as the king snake, by the coloration of the stripes. If the yellow stripes touch the red stripes the snake is a coral snake.
Coral snakes are often mistaken for King snakes, and vice-versa.
The Coral snake is somewhat small, like a garden hose in girth, say, and maybe 18 inches long.
Both snakes have colored bands around their bodies: black, red, and yellow.
The coral snake has a very small mouth, and a black nose. The king snake's nose is white.
The coral snake's colored bands along their bodies have wide red bands (and black) with a narrow yellow stripe next to each end of the red band. The king snake never has yellow touching red.
Here is a useful memory aid:
"Red next to yellow,
Makes a dead fellow."
Look at the ring pattern on the snake's skin and determine if red and yellow rings are touching; if so, this is a venomous coral snake.
See if the snake has a black and yellow tail.
Look at the color of the snake's head and determine if its head is yellow and black or red and black.
you can identify a coral snake by this saying red touches yellow kill a fellow red touches black poison lack
If you mean telling the difference between a coral snake and a milk snake... Red touches black (Milk snake) Red touches yellow (Coral snake)
The entire body of a coral snake is red and black.
because its the same colors as coral
Yes - Coral snakes are a venomous species of snake.
Roatan Coral Snake was created in 1895.
Oaxacan Coral Snake was created in 1886.
Bogert's Coral Snake was created in 1967.
Elegant Coral Snake was created in 1858.
The coral snake, as a vertebrate, has bones.
A coral snake is a moderately sized venomous snake very closely resembling a banded kingsnake.
One conclusion is that you can say how importaint the coral snake is
the adult coral snake is about three feet long
The coral snake is from what I have been told, the most poisonous snake in North America. I personally know two individual that have been bit by them and they both spent more than a week in the hospital. If the question is referring to scientific classification, then the coral snake's class is Reptilia.
The milk snake is a prime example of mimicry. Many predators will recognize the colorful bands of a coral snake and leave it be to avoid its deadly bite. The non-venomous milk snake mimics the coral snake's banding, so predators will mistake it for a coral snake and not attack it.