Coral snake

The coral snake (Micrurus, Erythrolamprus, and Oxyrhopus Anilius) snakes are small, easily recognized by their brightly colored. There are poisonous coral snake (Micrurus) and non-venomous (Erythrolamprus, and Oxyrhopus Anilius), but it is difficult to distinguish possible only by carefully examining the position of the prey or the quality of the drawings (rings). The coral snakes exist in South America, Central America and southern United States of America. It is also known by the names-poisonous coral snake, poisonous coral, coral-real, ibiboboca, and ibiboca ibioca. 


The corals, and are very visible due to their colors do not show the attack behavior, for example, the rattlesnakes. The fangs of coral are small and can be located in the anterior portion of the jaw (teeth proteróglifa), the coral snake, as in the posterior portion (teeth opistóglifa) in Erythrolamprus, and Oxyrhopus Anilius.Therefore, they do not sting but bite the hunt for inoculating the venom. 

The coral snakes have a venom low molecular weight that spreads through the body of the victim very quickly. The choir needs to be "glued" to inoculate venom for small prey. The coral snake is as venomous as a cobra. Its venom is neurotoxic, ie reaches the nervous system, causing numbness in the area of ​​the bite, breathing problems (especially in the diaphragm) and trim the eyelids, an adult can lead to death within hours. Treatment is with intravenous saline antielapídico. The choir is usually identified by the true position of the arrested or the number and design of their rings. The poisonous generally have one or three of these complete rings around the body and the non-venomous have them only in the back. The coral is nocturnal and lives on leaves, twigs, stones, holes or inside rotting logs. To defend themselves, usually raises its tail, fooling with the dread of its strong color; think this is the snake's head and runs away to avoid being attacked. The daytime activities are related to reproduction and the search for greater heating demand that pregnant females have. After mating, the female laid eggs from 3 to 18, in conditions that open after about 90 days. Given the ability to store sperm from the male, the female can hold several positions before a new copulation. 


Accidents occur with people who do not take proper precautions when moving the locals who own snakes. When you feel cornered or being attacked, the coral snake strikes back quickly, so we recommend the use of ankle-high rubber boots, long pants and leather gloves, and avoid putting your hand in holes, cracks, etc. .The injured person should immediately go to the doctor or health clinic, looking, if possible, capture the snake alive. Should be avoided that the people go by or make efforts so that the poison does not spread quickly in the body. You should also avoid opening the wound techniques to remove the poison, suck blood, isolate the affected area to turnstiles, etc.., And the serum was the best option. There is an old saying to distinguish a true coral reef of false: "Red next to yellow, be wary. Red with black on, you can rest easy "