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Cope's False (Halloween) Coral Snake

Pliocercus euryzonus/Urotheca euryzona

Photo by The MnMs
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Description:

We found it also in the same caverns as the bats. Is a false coral snake we found in the caves of Balankanche. I am afraid she was confused with a venomous snake and I don´t want to think of what the rangers of the caverns did to it when we found it..I wish I would have known that she was not really venomous in advance, to tell them.

Reference Links:

EOL: Urotheca euryzona, Cope's False Coral Snake - Animal Guide - ViaNica.com

Species ID Suggestions

Anilius scytale

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Christiane
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Comments (5)
Jonathan Guyot
Yes I know this strange comportement that existe in the Yucatan Peninsula
Sergio Monteiro
I am allways amazed by how people get terryfied by snakes. They (the snakes) make emerge a fully irrational fear that is deeply inlaid people's minds. And so they are massacrated, venomous or not. Very bad, because they do a very important job...
The MnMs
Thanks Christiane and SFrazier! I was suspecting it was a false coral but was not sure of the species. i am sad because I am not very positive she survived our encounter. The rangers sent us down the cavern while they "disposed of" the "dangerous" snake..I wish I would have told them not to kill it but most likely they did...
Christiane
I think you are right.. It looks more like it!!
Scott Frazier
I think it is a false coral snake too, but Pliocercus euryzonus (sometimes Urotheca euryzona) looks closer. See: http://vianica.com/animals/reptiles/snakes/329

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PublishedSeptember 20, 2011

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