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Recent Examples of coral snake
This family of about 400 species includes coral snakes, cobras, and mambas and is considered medically important since their bites can destroy tissue, cause the heart to collapse, induce blindness, and more.
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 19 Sep. 2024
In the Southeast, there are several venomous snakes that could potentially cause an injury to a human or pet: three species of rattlesnakes (eastern diamondback, timber, and pygmy), copperhead, cotton mouth (also known as water moccasins), and coral snake, says Maerz.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 1 Aug. 2024
For the Eastern coral snake, the red bands touch yellow bands.
—Cole Sikes Communications and Marketing Specialist Alabama Cooperative Extension System, al, 25 Apr. 2023
While Costa Rica has about 600 fer-de-lance viper bites every year, for example, only about three to five bites come from coral snakes.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 13 June 2023
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 19 Sep. 2024
In the Southeast, there are several venomous snakes that could potentially cause an injury to a human or pet: three species of rattlesnakes (eastern diamondback, timber, and pygmy), copperhead, cotton mouth (also known as water moccasins), and coral snake, says Maerz.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 1 Aug. 2024
For the Eastern coral snake, the red bands touch yellow bands.
—Cole Sikes Communications and Marketing Specialist Alabama Cooperative Extension System, al, 25 Apr. 2023
While Costa Rica has about 600 fer-de-lance viper bites every year, for example, only about three to five bites come from coral snakes.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 13 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coral snake
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The garter snakes were all safely released on the same property away from where the crews were digging.—
Brooke Baitinger,
Sacbee.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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The Sierra garter snake told us this is not the case.—
Sean Greene,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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Apartments would transform into humid hothouses, the perfect habitat for mosquitoes, water snakes, fungus, and rushes.—
Sarah Durn,
Popular Science,
5 June 2025
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Waterfowl glided near us, a water snake slithered by.—
Elisabeth Vincentelli,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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Aside from the green snake logo on the lid, there's no reason the Razer Blade 16 couldn't work just as well for work, content creation, side hobbies, or school, in addition to gaming.—
Luke Larsen,
Wired News,
9 June 2025
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Gray foxes are said to reside here along with reptiles like the smooth green snake and eastern milk snake, as well as numerous birds, including the Virginian rail, Henslow’s sparrow, bobolink and eastern meadowlark.—
Susan DeGrane,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Mar. 2025
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Scott Reef is a remote ecosystem millions of years old that’s home to a diverse array of marine life including endangered dusky sea snakes and migratory pygmy blue whales.—
Hilary Whiteman,
CNN Money,
28 May 2025
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Take, for example, a species of sea snake that inhabits the inland bays of New Caledonia, an island in the Pacific Ocean.—
Stephen S. Hall,
Time,
21 Apr. 2025
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Their distinctive bright colors of red, yellow and black are easily confused with the nonvenomous milk snake and the scarlet kingsnake, which has red, black, yellow or white banding.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
11 July 2025
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Nonvenomous snakes, such as the Texas milk snake, have red and black touching.—
Alexis Simmerman,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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Like when my husband assured me that the snake right outside the door was a rattler, so the poor gopher snake died needlessly.—
Chi Varnado,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 June 2025
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In Hawaii, a gopher snake could threaten the food chain because the species has no natural predators in the state.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
21 Nov. 2024
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According to wildlife specialist Kayla Jobe, who spoke with KOKI, bull snakes are not venomous and can be helpful to have near (but not in) your home since the reptile eats small rodents.—
Tabitha Parent,
People.com,
17 Dec. 2024
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The backyard was home to a population of wildlife, such as bull snakes, racoons and skunks.—
Dana Oland,
Idaho Statesman,
31 Jan. 2024
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Meanwhile, a Central Texas woman was bitten by a rat snake coiled under her toilet seat in December.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
9 July 2025
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The reptile seen in the Ring footage was a rat snake.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
4 June 2025
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“Coral snake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coral%20snake. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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