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New World coral snake

DEFINITIONS OF: New World coral snake

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n 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

Synonyms:
coral snake, harlequin-snake
Types:
Micrurus fulvius, eastern coral snake
ranges from Central America to southeastern United States
Micruroides euryxanthus, western coral snake
ranges from Central America to southwestern United States
Type of:
elapid, elapid snake
any of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of both hemispheres
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