An extraordinary "mimic" of the venomus Coral Snake. But the snout is red, and the yellow rings are seperated from the red by black. Rings normally continue across belly. Scales smooth, in 19 rows at midbody; anal single. Similar Species: In Coral Snake the 2 warning colors; red and yellow touch each other; also snout is black. In Scarlet Snake the belly is plain white. Ringed varieties of Milk Snakes have 21 or more scale rows at midbody.
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