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RE: Why @herpetologyguy Has To Be Careful Writing About Reptiles On Steemit
I had always heard the statement about snakes with elliptical pupils and triangular head being venomous as a stone cold fact. It's nice to see people who are doing their best to be responsible about the information that they share!
Lol it is a stone cold fact where I live! But if I travel about an hour south where coral snakes live, it is incorrect!
Oh wow! I didn't know it didn't apply to coral snakes. We apparently have a few in the extreme southwestern part of Arkansas, but not where I'm at. Although, we have a few Eastern milksnakes that will make you look twice.
Yup! Coral snakes are actually a member of the cobra family, so they appear very similar to many nonvenomous snakes (long/thin, round head, round eyes, pupils, etc).