red and black, friend of Jack"—penned to distinguish it from similarly patterned, nonvenomous copycats, such as the scarlet king snake. Coral snakes are extremely reclusive and generally bite ...

Its body features bright red, black, and yellow bands, with the red bands touching yellow—a defining characteristic of the ...

If it bites you and you die, it's venomous. If you bite it and you die, it's poisonous. There are 6 dangerous snakes in Mississippi. What we know.

Louisiana is home to 48 different species of snakes, but only seven of these species are venomous. Louisiana's venomous ...

“Not knowing that it was a coral snake, he thought it was just a kingsnake.” After the red, yellow and black striped snake bit him, Phillips was paralyzed and rushed to nearby Anderson ...