2/01/04 Fl.

[crimsonking]

Well today we saw no corns, but my son Russ flipped this little girl under a piece af wood.
:Markhttp://photos.herphost.com/albums/userpics/coral8b.JPG

[emroul]

Nice find! I wish everytime I went herpin' I would find something.

Great job. :)
Jennifer

[CHRISANDBOIDS14]

nice coral!

[Vanan]

Oh wow! Nice Mark!

[lolaophidia]

Beautiful pic! One of these days I hope to find a Coral...

[snakehunter]

sweet, i would like to find one of those, so cool

[Siretsap]

That's the venemous one isn't it?

I always use the trick
Red on black, friends of jack.
Red on yellow, kills a fellow...

[crimsonking]

Yes this IS the venomous one. I maybe should have included a name and description, sorry. It is an eastern coral snake (Micrurus f. fulvius) from near my home in Tampa, FL.
The "trick" as you called it, holds true in this case. There ARE exceptions with southern hemisphere snakes, so it's not 100% "foolproof". They are of no danger to you IF you leave them be, but they ARE HIGHLY VENOMOUS and potentially very dangerous. Some people believe them to be too small to inflict a serious bite, however anyone who has held a small snake (say a baby pueblan milksnake) knows a small snake can indeed bite you quite easily! I certainly never intend to downplay the respect all venomous animals deserve!
This girl was photographed and left to go about her business.
:Mark

[burmer]

Great pic Mark!!! Florida is a herp goldmine.

[TheRedDragon]

Beautiful find! I absoilutely love corals! :)