I'm pretty proud that I was able to catch Coral Snakes, and my good friend Ben recently caught a rare Scarlet Kingsnake in the wild (snake removal customer call), and that I've taken good photographs of both snakes side by side for comparison. read more
Identifying a Coral Snake. In this video, you will find a great guide to identifying the venomous North American coral snakes. You will see other snakes that look like a coral snake but are non-venomous. These snakes include the mountain kingsnake, the scarlet kingsnake, milk snakes, and scarlet snakes. read more
Snake poem to identify dangerous or poisonous snakes - The snake poem is a good way to tell a coral snake from a nonvenomous snake like a milk snake or a scarlet kingsnake. Though there is no harm in assuming all colorful snakes are dangerous, a lot of unnecessary killing of harmless snakes has happened out of confusion. read more
A good example of where this rhyme fails is with the coral snake versus the shovel-nose snake. Both snakes have yellow bands that touch red bands. Only a bite from the coral snake will be life-threatening. read more