As mentioned, the eastern coral snake is a venomous reptile in North America. However, its eyes are round in shape without a vertical pupil, like other elapids. These snakes are mostly diurnal and ...

They are copperheads, eastern diamondback rattlesnakes, pygmy rattlesnakes, cottonmouths, coral snakes, and timber rattlesnakes. Of this lot, only coral snakes aren’t pit vipers; they are elapids.