eastern coral snake

2 definitions found

eastern coral snake - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  harlequin snake \har"le*quin snake`\ n.
     any of several venomous New World snakes brilliantly banded
     in red and black and either yellow or white, especially the
     eastern coral snake, a small poisonous snake (Micrurus fulvius
      or Elaps fulvius), ringed with red and black,
     found in the Southeastern United States. They are widely
     distributed in Southern and Central America;
  
     Syn: coral snake, New World coral snake.
          [WordNet 1.5]

eastern coral snake - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  eastern coral snake
      n 1: ranges from Central America to southeastern United States
           [syn: eastern coral snake, Micrurus fulvius]