Coral snake Common

Coral snake has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Noun

any of various venomous elapid snakes of Asia and Africa and Australia

coral snake Old World coral snake

any of several venomous New World snakes brilliantly banded in red and black and either yellow or white; widely distributed in South America and Central America

coral snake harlequin-snake New World coral snake

Any of various venomous snakes of six genera in family Elapidae, many displaying distinctive color bands.

Over 65 recognized species of New World coral snakes in three genera (Leptomicrurus, Micruroides, Micrurus), native to tropical South America and Southern USA, having bright bands of red, yellow and black.