And also the color rhyme you described is absolutely correct, it is true, and not a wivestale,...one thing I see often though is that people forget the proper order of the rhyme!..LOL!

Yes, from your description of what he relayed to you, it was DEFINITELY an Eastern Coral Snake. Some non-indigenous milksnakes have a black snout as well, but the color sequence still applies "red bordered by black, venom lack"


Here's a pic of just a few of MANY that I've owned that is native to western Mexico and Central America that would easily be misidentified by many folks, but make no mistake, from your description, what your friend saw was indeed a Coral Snake!


best regards, Doug









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• What was it? - Amadeus, Fri May 23 13:57:01 2008
• RE: What was it? - Trolligans, Fri May 23 14:32:59 2008
• RE: What was it? - DMong, Fri May 23 14:36:23 2008
• and the Scarlet Snake - DMong, Fri May 23 14:49:41 2008
• RE: What was it? - Amadeus, Fri May 23 17:17:57 2008
• RE: What was it? - CrimsonKing, Fri May 23 17:35:45 2008
• CrimsonKing's right! - DMong, Fri May 23 17:58:51 2008
• RE: CrimsonKing's right! - Amadeus, Fri May 23 18:28:57 2008
• RE: What was it? - chrish, Mon May 26 02:26:06 2008
• RE: What was it? - Amadeus, Mon May 26 07:37:37 2008
• RE: What was it? - DMong, Tue May 27 11:01:22 2008
• oops!,....here's the pic! - DMong, Tue May 27 11:05:37 2008
• RE: What was it? - CrimsonKing, Fri May 23 21:25:30 2008
• Another snake to consider... - chrish, Mon May 26 02:19:41 2008
• RE: What was it? - BillyBoy, Wed May 28 12:18:58 2008
• RE: What was it? - amadeus, Wed May 28 18:15:51 2008
• RE: What was it? - Amadeus, Thu May 29 18:18:50 2008