Claus Meyer / Aquatic Coral Snake (Micrurus surinamensis) on rock, Amazon forest, Brazil

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Arizona Coral Snake (Micruroides euryxanthus) eating Southeastern Crowned Snake (Tantilla coronata), Sonoran Desert, Arizona

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Bright-ringed Snake (Erythrolamprus bizonus) rear-fanged mimic of Coral Snake, preying on a Forest Racer (Dendrophidion vinitor) rainforest Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Bright-ringed Snake (Erythrolamprus bizonus) rear-fanged mimic of Coral Snake, preying on a Forest Racer (Dendrophidion vinitor) rainforest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Black-banded Coral Snake (Micrurus nigrocinctus) hatching from egg, rainforest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Fire-bellied Snake (Leimadophis epinephalus) harmless mimic of coral snake, defensive display, cloud forest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Fire-bellied Snake (Leimadophis epinephalus) harmless mimic of Coral Snake, defensive display, cloud forest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Redtail Coral Snake (Micrurus mipartitus) venomous, defensive tail wriggling display, rainforest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Black-banded Coral Snake (Micrurus nigrocinctus) venomous rainforest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Redtail Coral Snake (Micrurus mipartitus) venomous, in rainforest, Costa Rica

Norbert Wu / Pacific Snake Eel (Ophichthus triserialis) a type of fish that travels through coral rubble to hunt, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico

Norbert Wu / Sonoran Mountain King Snake (Lampropeltis pyromelana knoblochi) mimics venomous Coral Snake with similar banded pattern, Arizona

Mitsuhiko Imamori / Milk Snake (Lampropeltis triangulum) mimics poisonous Coral Snake

Mitsuhiko Imamori / Black-banded Coral Snake (Micrurus nigrocinctus) aerial view, on rock, Central America

Tony Phelps / Coral snake threat display {Aspidelaps lubricus} Namibia, captive

Juergen Freund / Olive brown sea snake {Aipysurus laevis} Great Barrier Reef, Australia

John Cancalosi / Arizona coral snake. (Micruroides euryxanthes) USA Arizona, captive

MORLEY READ / Coral snake, Trinidad.

PREMAPHOTOS / Coral snake (Micrurus frontifasciatus) Andes semi-desert at 3300 metres, Bolivia. Rare species.

Jeff Rotman / Olive brown sea snake (Aipysurus laevis) in Alcyonarian coral, Greatt Barrier Reef, Australia.

Piotr Naskrecki / Coral Pipe Snake (Anilius scytale), Suriname

Pete Oxford / Yellow-headed Calico Snake (Oxyrhopus formosus), Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador

James Christensen / Black-banded Coral Snake (Micrurus nigrocinctus), Colon, Panama

James Christensen / Black-banded Coral Snake (Micrurus nigrocinctus), Colon, Panama

Robert Valentic / Australian coral snake {Brachyurophis australis} Queensland, Australia, october

Tony Phelps / Coral Snake (Aspidelaps lubricus) strike pose, Little Karoo, South Africa

Tony Phelps / Coral Snake (Aspidelaps lubricus) strike pose with tongue flickering, Little Karoo, South Africa

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Calico Snake (Oxyrhopus petola) rear-fanged mimic of the Coral Snake, in the rainforest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Arizona Coral Snake (Micruroides euryxanthus) eating Southeastern Crowned Snake (Tantilla coronata), Sonoran Desert, Arizona

John Cancalosi / Arizona coral snake. (Micruroides euryxanthes) USA Arizona, captive

Barry Mansell / Arizona coral snake {Micruroides euryxanthus} C Arizona USA

Barry Mansell / Arizona coral snake {Micruroides euryxanthes} Arizona USA