Bence Mate / Central american coral snake (Micrurus nigrocinctus) Santa Rita, Costa Rica

Juergen Freund / Diver holding Banded sea krait (Laticauda colubrina) South Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Peter Scoones / Yellow / Goldsaddle goatfish (Parupeneus cyclostomus) hunting together with Bluefin Jacks (Caranx melampygus) and Chinese sea kraits {Laticauda semifasciata} over coral reef, Gunung Api, Banda sea, In...

Juergen Freund / Banded sea krait (Laticauda colubrina) swimming above coral reef, Pacific

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Clark's Coral Snake (Micrurus clarki) venomous snake with warning coloration, rainforest, Costa Rica

Claus Meyer / Aquatic Coral Snake (Micrurus surinamensis) showing warning color pattern, Amazon ecosystem, Brazil

Constantinos Petrinos / Banded sea krait {Laticauda colubrina} Sulawesi Indonesia prized for skin in Philippines - leather snakeskin industry

Georgette Douwma / Sea krait {Laticauda sp} on coral reef with Sea squirts Banda, Moluccas, Indonesia {Polycarpa aurata} {Rhopalaea sp}

Morley Read / Non-venomous Coral cylinder snake (Anilius scytale), showing colour mimicry of venomous coral snakes, Orelana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Pascal Kobeh / Pair of courting Egg-eating / Turtleheaded sea snakes (Emydocephalus annulatus) New Caledonia, Pacific Ocean.

Pascal Kobeh / Pair of courting Egg-eating / Turtleheaded sea snakes (Emydocephalus annulatus) New Caledonia, Pacific Ocean.

Pascal Kobeh / Pair of courting Egg-eating sea snakes / Turtleheaded sea snakes (Emydocephalus annulatus) New Caledonia, Pacific Ocean.

David Fleetham / Banded yellowlip sea snake / krait (Laticauda colubrina) in coral reef, Philippines.

David Fleetham / Yellowlip sea snake (Laticauda colubrina) on coral reef with Blue star (Linckia laevigata) Philippines. Venomous species.

David Fleetham / Banded Sea Krait (Laticauda colubrina) on coral reef. Komodo, Indonesia.

Jen Guyton / Calico snake (Oxyrhopus petolarius) juvenile, from La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica. Controlled conditions. Non-venomous snakes mimic venomous coral snakes.

Jen Guyton / Calico snake (Oxyrhopus petolarius) juvenile from La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica. Non-venomous snake which mimics venomous coral snakes.

Thomas Marent / Common False Coral Snake (Erythrolamprus aesculapii), Leticia, Colombia

Alex Mustard / Banded / Yellow lipped sea krait (Laticauda colubrina) swims over orange soft coral (Scleronephthya sp) while hunting for prey. Triton Bay, West Papua, Indonesia.

Pete Oxford / Halloween Snake (Pliocercus euryzonus), Mashpi Rainforest Biodiversity Reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Mimic False Coral Snake (Erythrolamprus mimus micrurus), Mashpi Rainforest Biodiversity Reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Mimic False Coral Snake (Erythrolamprus mimus micrurus), Mashpi Rainforest Biodiversity Reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Mimic False Coral Snake (Erythrolamprus mimus micrurus), Mashpi Rainforest Biodiversity Reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador

Alex Mustard / Yellow lipped sea snake (Laticauda colubrina) swims on the surface above a shallow coral reef. Yanggefo Island, Gam Island, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.

Franco Banfi / Banded sea snake (Laticauda colubrina) Crystal Bay, Nusa Penida, Bali Island, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

Pete Oxford / South American Coral Snake (Micrurus lemniscatus), native to South America

Pete Oxford / South American Coral Snake (Micrurus lemniscatus) entering water, native to South America

Juergen Freund / Longhorn cowfish (Lactoria cornuta) Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / Longhorn cowfish (Lactoria cornuta) Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Piotr Naskrecki / Common False Coral Snake (Erythrolamprus aesculapii) in rainforest, Suriname

Chris Mattison / African Coral Snake (Aspidelaps lubricus) in striking pose. Springbok, South Africa.

MYN / Seth Patterson / Texas Coral Snake (Micrurus tener) head portrait, Sabal Palm Sanctuary, Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA, September. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Seth Patterson / Texas Coral Snake (Micrurus tener) head portrait, Sabal Palm Sanctuary, Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA, September. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Seth Patterson / Texas Coral Snake (Micrurus tener) coiled, Sabal Palm Sanctuary, Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA, September. meetyourneighbours.net project

Michael D. Kern / Amazon false coral snake (Oxyrhopus rhombifer rhombifer) captive, from South America

Michael D. Kern / Banded Malaysian Coral Snake (Calliophis intestinalis) captive from South East Asia

Daniel Heuclin / Bolivian triad coral sanke (Micrurus frontifasciatus) coiled up on leaves, Bolivia, controlled conditions

Daniel Heuclin / Bolivian triad coral sanke (Micrurus frontifasciatus) on leaves, Bolivia, controlled conditions

Daniel Heuclin / Bolivian triad coral sanke (Micrurus frontifasciatus) on leaves, Bolivia, controlled conditions

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

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

MYN / Paul Marcellini / Eastern coral snake (Micrurus fulvius) Florida, USA, April. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Marcellini / Eastern coral snake (Micrurus fulvius) Florida, USA, April. meetyourneighbours.net project

Tony Phelps / Namib Coral Snake (Aspidelaps lubricus cowlesi) on sand. Aus, Namibia, Southern Africa, April.

Juergen Freund / Green tree python (Morelia viridis) coiled around a tree branch. Indonesia, July 2009.

Juergen Freund / Sea snake / krait (Laticauda sp) swimming underwater, Sulawesi, Indonesia, Indo-pacific.

Juergen Freund / Banded Snake Eel (Myrichthys colubrinus) hunting over seabed, West Papua, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Banded / Harlequin snake eel (Myrichthys colubrinus) out of its hole, swimming along the sea bed. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Black finned snake eel (Ophichthus melanochir) outside its hole, free swimming. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / Black finned snake eel (Ophichthus melanochir) with commensal shrimp. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / Stargazer / Crocodile snake eel (Brachysomophis cirrocheilos) looking out of its hole. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Black finned snake eel (Ophichthus melanochir) looking out of its hole in the sea bed. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / Banded / Harlequin snake eel (Myrichthys colubrinus) emerging from its hole in the sea bed. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Horned helmet conch snail (Cassis cornuta) feeding on by sucking out a Sand dollar, Palawan, Philippines, Indo-pacific.

Tony Phelps / Namib Coral Snake (Aspidelaps lubricus cowlesi). Aus, Namibia, January.

Tony Phelps / Namib Coral Snake (Aspidelaps lubricus cowlesi) with flattened hood in defensive display. Aus, Namibia, January.

Chien Lee / Banded Coral Snake (Calliophis intestinalis) showing both topside and underside, Kubah National Park, Malaysia

Chien Lee / Banded Coral Snake (Calliophis intestinalis) in leaf litter, Kubah National Park, Malaysia

Tim Laman / Banded Sea Krait (Laticauda colubrina) swimming through coral reef, Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia, April 2007

Tony Phelps / Western Coral Snake (Aspidelaps lubricus) coiled within itself against rocks, Khomas, Namibia

Tony Phelps / Western Coral Snake (Aspidelaps lubricus cowlesi) coiled within itself against rocks, Khomas, Namibia

Michael D. Kern / Cape coral snake / coral cobra (Aspidelaps lubricus lubricus) head raised in strike posture, captive, from southern Africa

Rolf Nussbaumer / Texas coral snake (Micrurus tener) in leaf litter at base of tree, Coastal Bend, Texas Coast, USA

Pete Oxford / False Coral / Milksnake (Lampropeltis triangulum) Andes, Ecuador, South America CAPTIVE

James Christensen / Halloween Snake (Pliocercus euryzonus) a non-venomous coral snake mimic, Mindo, Ecuador

James Christensen / Halloween Snake (Pliocercus euryzonus) a non-venomous coral snake mimic, Mindo, Ecuador

Tony Phelps / Coral snake (Aspidelaps lubricus) defensive display, Little Karoo, South Africa

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

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

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

Juergen Freund / Olive brown seasnake {Aipysurus laevis} swimming underwater amongst fish, Indo-pacific

Nick Garbutt / Banded coral snake (Calliophis intestinal) in leaf litter. Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Arizona Mountain King Snake (Lampropeltis pyromelana) a non-venomous species mimics venomous Coral Snake with similar banded pattern, Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona

Edwin Giesbers / False coral snake (Anilius scytale), Costa Rica

Robert Valentic / Jans banded snake {Simoselaps bertholdi} a burrowing species, Point Quobba, Western Australia

Pete Oxford / Milk Snake (Lampropeltis triangulum), mimics venomous coral snakes, Andes Mountains, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Milk Snake (Lampropeltis triangulum), mimics venomous coral snakes, Andes Mountains, Ecuador

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Clark's Coral Snake (Micrurus clarki) venomous species showing warning coloration, Costa Rica

Peter Scoones / Yellow / Goldsaddle goatfish (Parupeneus cyclostomus) hunting together with Bluefin Jacks (Caranx melampygus) and Chinese sea kraits {Laticauda semifasciata} over coral reef, Gunung Api, Banda sea, In...

Peter Scoones / Bluefin Trevallies / jacks (Caranx melampygus) and Chinese sea kraits (Laticauda semifasciata) hunting together over coral reef, Indonesia photographed during making of BBC Planet Earth series 2005

Peter Scoones / Bluefin trevally / jack (Caranx melampygus) with Sea snakes in hunting mode, Banda sea, Indonesia. photographed during making of BBC Planet Earth series 2005

Peter Scoones / Bluefin Trevallies / jacks (Caranx melampygus) and Chinese sea kraits (Laticauda semifasciata) hunting together over coral reef, Indonesia photographed during making of BBC Planet Earth series 2005

Barry Mansell / Eastern coral snake {Micrurus fulvius} Florida, USA

TIM MARTIN / Central American coral snake {Micrurus nigrocinctus} swimming, Tortuguero NP, Costa Rica

MORLEY READ / False coral snake {Anilius scytale}, Yasuni National Park, Lowland rainforest, Ecuador

Tony Phelps / African coral snake {Aspidelaps lubricus} Northern Cape, South africa

Tony Phelps / African coral snake {Aspidelaps lubricus} Northern Cape, South africa

Tony Phelps / Coral Snake {Aspidelaps lubricus} Juvenile, Little Karoo, South Africa

Todd Pusser / Eastern coral snake {Micrurus fulvius}, Florida, USA. Ocala National Forest

Tony Phelps / Coral snake, defense posture {Aspidelaps lubricus lubricus} South Africa

ZSSD / California Mountain Kingsnake (Lampropeltis zonata) portrait, non-venomous snake that mimics the venomous Coral Snake, native to western United States

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Angolan Coral Snake (Aspidelaps lubricus) defensive display, southern Africa

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Angolan Coral Snake (Aspidelaps lubricus) defensive display, southern Africa

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Bright-ringed Snake (Erythrolamprus bizonus) rear-fanged mimic of Coral Snake, swallowing a Cat-eyed Snake, rainforest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Halloween Snake (Pliocercus euryzonus) rear-fanged mimic of Coral Snake, swallowing Rain Frog (Eleutherodactylus sp) rainforest, Costa Rica