Eastern coral snake
The eastern coral snake is a highly venomous snake with bright rings of red, yellow and black. It lives in the southeastern United States, including all of Florida. Its bright colours warn predators to keep away, and it is one of the snakes that people most need to recognise.1

Com reconèixer-lo
- Wide red and black rings are separated by narrow yellow rings all along the body.1
- The head is black from the snout to just behind the eyes, with a yellow band behind the eyes.1
- The red rings are usually speckled with black.1
- Adults are usually less than 80 cm long, including the tail.1
Sovint es confon amb: The scarlet snake and the scarlet kingsnake are nonvenomous mimics with similar colours. Kingsnakes and the scarlet snake are helpful predators of rats and mice, so the difference matters.1
Poder del verí
El verí surt pels ullals o les dents quan mossega.
Què fa el seu verí?
The venom is a potent neurotoxin, which attacks the nerves. In humans, symptoms can include local pain, slurred speech, double vision, weakness and paralysis, and in severe cases breathing can fail. An estimated 5 mg of venom can be lethal to humans.1
Com de perillós és per a les persones?
Perill per a les persones: Molt perillósPot matar una persona que no rep tractament.Bites and deaths are very rare. Two deaths were documented in the 1950s, and one more has been reported since antivenin became available in the 1960s, the most recent in 2006. The snake is secretive and reluctant to bite; an estimated 40% of bites inject venom, though a 1987 study found 75%.1
Bona notícia: els metges tenen un medicament (l'antiverí) o un tractament per a això.1
Què fa quan té por?
When threatened it tries to escape, and if it cannot, it may hide its head under its coils, mimic the head with its tail, move erratically or feign death.1
Si mossega
- The most recent victim died after failing to seek proper medical attention, so anyone bitten should get medical help straight away. Antivenom is available.1
- Mantén la persona quieta i tranquil·la i porta-la de pressa a un hospital, encara que la mossegada sembli petita: els símptomes poden començar hores després.
Truca sempre primer al número d'emergències (112, 000, 911). Això són pautes generals de primers auxilis, no consells mèdics. Primers auxilis bàsics
Estigues segur
- No toquis, atrapis ni molestis mai un animal salvatge, encara que sigui petit i encara que sembli adormit o mort.
- Deixa-li espai. Si en trobes un, mantén la calma, recula a poc a poc i deixa que segueixi el seu camí.
- Si te'n mossega un: mantén la calma, no et moguis, truca al número d'emergències (112, 000, 911) o ves de pressa a un hospital. Recorda com era, una foto ajuda.
No va a per tu. Fa servir el verí per caçar o per defensar-se, i prefereix mil vegades amagar-se. Més sobre com estar segur
Que gran és?
Quant fa de llarg?
fa de llarg com 2,5 gats de casa del nas a la cua
fa de llarg com 7 plàtans en fila
podria recórrer 100 metres en 73 segons (l'humà més ràpid necessita 9,6)Que gran és Eastern coral snake comparat amb TU?
Només càlculs al teu navegador. No es desa ni s'envia res enlloc.
Com de ràpid va?
Dades
An adult's venom can kill up to five adult humans, but the snake cannot release all of it in a single bite.1
Unlike New World pit vipers, the coral snake cannot control how much venom it injects.1
Males mature 11 to 16 months after hatching, while females take about 26 months.1
Coral snakes are mostly active during the day, and night sightings are rare.1
The range could expand up to 200 km northward because of climate change, according to future models.1
Desmuntamites
Mite: "Red and yellow, kill a fellow" is a reliable way to tell a venomous coral snake from a harmless mimic.
Veritat: The rhyme is a folk saying that only applies to snakes in the southern United States, and it does not work anywhere else.1
Per a experts en verins
- Nom científic
- Micrurus fulvius
- Grup
- Serps de corall
- Família
- Elapidae2
- Ordre
- Squamata
- Continents
- Amèrica del Nord
- Cries
- Females lay between 3 and 12 eggs, usually in June, which hatch around September, and there is no parental care.1
- Com li va a la natura
- Least Concern globally (IUCN, 2007), but of significant conservation concern locally, for example Endangered in North Carolina1
- Perill per a les persones
- 4 / 5: Molt perillós3
D'on surten les dades
- Micrurus fulvius (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Micrurus fulvius (iNaturalist): noms i classificació.
- Venom Wiki: el nivell de perill, la mida típica i la velocitat estimada són nostres. Mira com els calculem: Com valorem el perill.
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