Least ConcernOcelot
Leopardus pardalis
One of the 26 snakes on WAnimals
Reptiles · Squamata · Elapidae
Micrurus corallinus
The species is abundant and widely distributed; it faces no significant short-term risk.
The painted coral snake is an elapid of the Atlantic Forest, ringed in red and black with fine white rings. It is a predator specialising in other snakes and in amphisbaenians, which it hunts beneath the leaf litter. Its pattern is the model for a complex system of mimicry involving dozens of harmless species of the Atlantic forest.
Size
60 cm – 1 m
Life expectancy
12 years
Diet
Carnivore
Feeds mainly on other animals.
Activity
Nocturnal
Active mainly at night.
Social structure
Solitary
Lives and hunts alone, joining others only to breed.
Sighting difficulty
Easy
Sources consulted: https://www.iucnredlist.org/ | https://animaldiversity.org/ | https://es.wikipedia.org/
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