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eastern coral snake (Micrurus fulvius)

eastern coral snake

South American coral snake (Micrurus lemniscatus) with bright red, black, and white bands coiled on dark soil in the Peruvian Amazon.

False coral snake (Oxyrhopus sp.) with red, black, and pale bands is coiled on mossy ground in the Peruvian Amazon.

Snake / oriental coral snake / Calliophis japonicus sauteri / Reptile / Serpentes.

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