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mimic coral snake

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Field Notes

Description:

approximately 3 feet long, black with yellow & red markings on back

Habitat:

rainforest of Peru, forest floor

Notes:

Was found eating a baby oppossum

Species ID Suggestions

Checkerbelly Snake

Siphlophis cervinus
BrendanSmith
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Comments (3)
JenniferRichardson
Thanks JennyH for the rhyme! I'll have to share it with my students. Thanks KarenSaxton...I was glad to be able to get a photograph!
JennyH
Wow! We have a coral snake mimic here in FL, called a kingsnake. The rhyme goes "red & black, you're OK Jack, re & yellow, you're a dead fellow." http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/herpetology/fl-guide/compare4.htm http://pad1.whstatic.com/images/b/b4/DIFFERENCEINSNAKES_top.png

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Peruvian Amazon: Species Spotlight
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PublishedJuly 14, 2013

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