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Coral Snake

Coral snakes are huge group of elapid snakes that can be broken down into 2 subgroup; Old World coral snakes and New World coral snakes. They are commonly known to have the most distinctive color patterns that consists of red, yellow or white and black banding, not to be confused with Milk Snakes which also have similar colour scheme but different arrangements. Their behavior depends on their types, some prefer to be buried underground or under a pile of leaves in rainforests and some are purely aquatic and would live in slow moving rivers. Like other elapid snakes, their diet consist of lizards, smaller snakes, frogs, nestling birds and rodents. Their venom tend to be really lethal to humans that can paralyzes the breathing muscles but they usually avoid humans and would only bite as a last resort.