![]() They will usually crawl away to find cover and react only when cornered. snakes do not move toward, charge, or attack people. Racers, Coluber spp., may advance forward until challenged, but most U.S. Water snakes eat frogs, fish, and tadpoles. Some small snakes feed on earthworms, slugs, and salamanders. Snakes are predators and eat a wide variety of animals, including rodents, insects, birds' eggs, and young birds. Some are active at night, others during the day. They live in a wide variety of habitats including forests, swamps, grasslands, deserts and both fresh and salt water. The coral snake's markings can be easily confused with nonvenomous species, such as King Snakes, but the following ditty can help ID native coral snakes: "Red on yellow, kill a fellow red on black, fiend of Jack." ![]() In the U.S., coral snakes are ringed with red, yellow and black the red and yellow rings always touch, and the tip of the head (snout) is black. have two rows of scales on the underside of the tail from the vent (anus) to the tip.Ĭoral snakes have round pupils and their head is not dis- tinctly wider than their neck, nor V-shaped. In some cases, the very tip of the tail may have two rows. ![]()
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