grace59 - 8-15-2014 at 04:07 PM
A friend of mine in San Felipe told me that she was talking about snakes with a neighbor. This woman told my friend that she had to call security
because there was a snake in her yard. When the security guard got the snake and showed it to the woman he claimed that it was the deadly "Coralita"
snake! I told my friend that I had never heard of Coral snakes in Baja and that perhaps it was a Milk Snake or a King Snake of some type. The snake
was red, yellow and black. So, Nomads out there who are knowledgeable about such things...Are there Coral Snakes in Baja??
Bob53 - 8-15-2014 at 04:23 PM
I don't think there are coral snakes in Baja but there are king snakes. If the red band was next to the yellow band then it was a coral but if the red
band was next to black, it was a king.
55steve - 8-15-2014 at 04:40 PM
Well it appears that there are coral snakes in Southern Arizona and Sonora, so it's possible that one could be found in San Felipe.
http://www.reptilesofaz.org/Snakes-Subpages/h-m-euryxanthus....
Bob53 - 8-15-2014 at 05:12 PM
Possible but very unlikely.
bajabuddha - 8-15-2014 at 05:21 PM
"from Wikipedia:
The Arizona coral snake, clearly a separate species and genus, is found in central and southern Arizona, extreme southwestern New Mexico and southward
to Sinaloa in western Mexico. It occupies arid and semiarid regions in many different habitat types including thornscrub, desert-scrub, woodland,
grassland and farmland. It is found in the plains and lower mountain slopes from sea level to 5800 feet (1768 m); often found in rocky areas.[6]
Micruroides euryxanthus (Arizona coral snake), found in the southern and western United States. Coral snakes found in other parts of the world can
have distinctly different patterns, have red bands touching black bands, have only pink and blue banding, or have no banding at all.
Most species of coral snake are small in size. "
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coral_snakes#North_American_col...
I'd recommend go to the site, look at the pix, then decide.
Osprey - 8-15-2014 at 06:14 PM
Most of my Mexican pals call any snake with a pattern on the back, Coralio, Coral Snake. Soooo I watch them run from gopher snakes, (lyre snakes -
rear fanged but almost harmless critters) long-nosed snakes, night snakes, king snakes and many more. I don't spread stories or pix far in wide to
inform because that would not save the snakes or the folks.
[Edited on 8-16-2014 by Osprey]
redhilltown - 8-16-2014 at 12:04 AM
It seems similar as to the identification of fish in Baja..."Cabrilla"" or "Corvina" can mean so many things!
Dave - 8-16-2014 at 12:41 AM
Red and yellow, kill a fellow.
Red and black, friend of Jack.
vgabndo - 8-16-2014 at 09:26 AM
The harmless little sand snake that the locals think is deadly is the Banded Sand Snake. I've found them on both the Gulf and Pacific side.
bajalearner - 8-16-2014 at 09:34 AM
One would expect a larger tip for removing a deadly snake vs a harmless snake. Por favor...
Russ - 8-16-2014 at 09:40 AM
Here's a good page
http://www.wikihow.com/Tell-the-Difference-Between-a-King-Sn...