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New World coral snake, coral snake, harlequin-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
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Old World coral snake, coral snake
any of various venomous elapid snakes of Asia and Africa and Australia
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Denisonia superba, copperhead
venomous but sluggish reddish-brown snake of Australia
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cobra
venomous Asiatic and African elapid snakes that can expand the skin of the neck into a hood
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Hemachatus haemachatus, ringhals, rinkhals, spitting snake
highly venomous snake of southern Africa able to spit venom up to seven feet
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mamba
arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal
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Acanthophis antarcticus, death adder
venomous Australian snake resembling an adder
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Notechis scutatus, tiger snake
highly venomous brown-and-yellow snake of Australia and Tasmania
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Australian blacksnake, Pseudechis porphyriacus
large semiaquatic snake of Australia; black above with red belly
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krait
brightly colored venomous but nonaggressive snake of southeastern Asia and Malay peninsula
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Oxyuranus scutellatus, taipan
large highly venomous snake of northeastern Australia
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Micrurus fulvius, eastern coral snake
ranges from Central America to southeastern United States
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Micruroides euryxanthus, western coral snake
ranges from Central America to southwestern United States
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Asian coral snake
of India
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African coral snake, Aspidelaps lubricus
small widely distributed arboreal snake of southern Africa banded in black and orange
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Australian coral snake, Rhynchoelaps australis
small venomous but harmless snake marked with black-and-white on red
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Indian cobra, Naja naja
a cobra of tropical Africa and Asia
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Egyptian cobra, Naja haje, asp
cobra used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over life and death
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Naja nigricollis, black-necked cobra, spitting cobra
aggressive cobra widely distributed in Africa; rarely bites but spits venom that may cause blindness
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Naja hannah, Ophiophagus hannah, hamadryad, king cobra
large cobra of southeastern Asia and the East Indies; the largest venomous snake; sometimes placed in genus Naja
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Dendroaspis augusticeps, black mamba
a highly venomous southern African mamba dreaded because of its quickness and readiness to bite
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Bungarus fasciatus, banded adder, banded krait
sluggish krait banded with black and yellow
