Red snake with black rings - what kind is it?

[bluemtnrunner]

Red on the head,you're dead!

Alright, I'm getting conflicting information here kids. Red on the head your dead....Coral Snake black on the head...dead....Pit viper dead, not pit viper...neuro toxin....dead. Triangular head, dead....skinny head....dead.

I'm with SWGB...If it slithers, coils or shakes, it is probably a harmful snake.

 

[Paige]

Red and yellow, kill a fellow, red and black a friend of Jack. So if red meets yellow it is a coral snake, and if red meets black it is ok.

Also, coral snakes do not have fangs like most people think of fangs, so it has to be attached for a period of time to get its toxin in you.

 

[Paula]

OK, I'm definitely wearing boots when I come to SoWal next week and I now have an excuse not to weed. We just got back from Italy and wearing short boots with dresses is particularly fashionable this summer, so boots with bathing suits should be the SoWal version of this fashion.

 

[dogflyguy]

Hey Everybody!!
The easiest way to remember if its bad is think of them as red lights if you see yellow proceed with caution and if you see red "Stop" (or run the other way). I have to agree if it was around five feet it was more than likely a Mud snake.

 

[happy2Bme]

Hey Everybody!!
The easiest way to remember if its bad is think of them as red lights if you see yellow proceed with caution and if you see red "Stop" (or run the other way). I have to agree if it was around five feet it was more than likely a Mud snake.

another good rule of thumb is to remember that, in Florida anyway, most poisonous snakes (excepting the coral snake) have a definitively triangular-shaped head and stubby tails, as opposed to a the nonpoisonous which tend to have heads shaped like a thumb, with longer, narrower tails. The best rule of thumb is: don't stick around to admire it if you don't know what kind of snake it is!