New Neighbor. What kind is it? Poisonous?

[Death Pony]

pretty little guy.

 

[south coast nelly]

wow you lucky git...thats a beauty...not often we get to see things like that here,,,unless you go down to the river or over to the heath land

 

[DIESELMACK]

Very nice lil Diadophis punctatus punctatus definately a cool guy to have around the patio matt...feeds mainly on worms and small insects and very much harmless.

I learned a saying from "the reptile man" in grammar school....If The red touches yellow, you are a dead fellow, if the red touches black, you are OK jack lol I think it really works too....

this is the easy way to distinguish between a venomous eastern coral snake and a harmless scarlet king snake which look very similiar...dont use that saying above for all snakes

below is a pic showing the two snakes here in the US that the saying was made up for:

 

[Wolf3101]

Scarlet kings are also Much larger than coral snakes who are generally only able to bite you on the fingers or hand webs.
Several milk snakes and the AZ mountian king also share a very similar color pattern.

 

[midnight]

Scarlet kings are also Much larger than coral snakes who are generally only able to bite you on the fingers or hand webs.
Several milk snakes and the AZ mountian king also share a very similar color pattern

ive seen 2 huge corals,one was around 3 foot,one about 2foot,both very very close to me

 

[milkman407]

ive seen 2 huge corals,one was around 3 foot,one about 2foot,both very very close to me

i've always remember the coral snake saying as

red and yellow frights a fellow, red and black is a friend of jack.

but I tend to just stay away from most snakes.

 

[bigspizz]

Very nice lil Diadophis punctatus punctatus definately a cool guy to have around the patio matt...feeds mainly on worms and small insects and very much harmless.


this is the easy way to distinguish between a venomous eastern coral snake and a harmless scarlet king snake which look very similiar...dont use that saying above for all snakes

below is a pic showing the two snakes here in the US that the saying was made up for:

I knew it was to distinguish kings and corals from one another, but it seems to work for many many snakes. I'm a tool for even bringing up some silly kid riddle in pertaining to a real subject that matters. lol Thanks for the informative pic though....

 

[Wolf3101]

ive seen 2 huge corals,one was around 3 foot,one about 2foot,both very very close to me

Might be huge for a coral snake for sure but the kings are easilly twice that long. Still....a better saying would be...if you don't recognize it....stay away from it. LOL

 

[filiportela]

lol looks very nice

 

[ewurm]

Cool snake man. Awesome color.