Coral Snake

Scientific Name: Callophis melanurus

Nick Name:  The Slender Coral Snake

Size: 

Appearance:  The Slender Coral Snake is light brown and family speckled. The head and neck are black with two conspicuous yellow spots on the top of the head. There is a ragged black ring at the tail-base and at the tail-up. The underside is uniform pinkish-red (coral), bright scarlet at vent, and the underside of the tail is bluish. The head is blunt and has the same width as the neck; the scales are smooth and slightly glossy

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Nature:

Distribution: This snake found in most parts of the country except parts of central and northeast India. It is found in Western Ghats and eastern Himalayas, Bihar, Orissa, Madhya pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradseh up to an Elevation of 1500 mts. 

Habitat:

Feeds on: small, slender; smooth, shiny scales: blunt, black head; tail black, scarlet and blue.

Side Line:

• Slender Coral Snakes are one of the 5 Indian coral snakes. The other 4 are hill forest species of the Western Ghats and eastern Himalayas.