The most recent fatality attributed to the eastern coral snake occurred in 2009.

Micrurus fulvius, also known as the eastern coral snake, a venomous elapid found in the United States.

Common names: Eastern coral snake, common coral snake, American cobra, more.

Snakes such as eastern coachwhips and eastern coral snakes may also prey on them, but at a lesser extant.

Eastern Coral Snake at Herpetology, Florida Museum of Natural History.

Eastern Coral Snake at Yale Herpetology Page.

Micrurus fulvius (Eastern Coral Snake)

Eastern Coral Snake Micrurus fulvius at Snakes of South Carolina and Georgia.

Micrurus fulvius - eastern coral snake (U.S. coastal plains of North Carolina to Louisiana)

The scarlet kingsnake was much less variable on the allopatry/sympatry border of the model and mimic, likely due to increased selection since the eastern coral snake is rare, but present, on this border.

The Texas coral snake was once considered the same species as the Eastern coral snake, Micrurus fulvius, but more recent research has determined that it has enough morphological differences to be considered its own species.

Taylor County is home to five of North America's venomous snakes (Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake, Timber Rattlesnake, Carolina Pigmy Rattlesnake, Eastern Coral Snake, Water Moccasin, and Copperhead), representing every North American family of venomous snake.

For example, in the Batesian mimicry complex between a harmless mimic, the scarlet kingsnake (Lampropeltis elapsoides), and the model, the eastern coral snake (Micrurus fulvius), in locations where the model and mimic were in deep sympatry, the phenotype of the scarlet kingsnake was quite variable due to relaxed selection.

Common names: Eastern coral snake, common coral snake, American cobra, more.

Late today, the Pentagon said that one American Cobra helicopter was missing with its two-man crew.

The American cobra ... the most deadly snake in North America.

Common names: Eastern coral snake, common coral snake, American cobra, more.

AMERICAN COBRA:

Two American Cobra attack helicopters and Pakistani tanks and armored personnel carriers fired cannons and rockets at the Somalis in Mogadishu, the Somali capital.

American officials said the plan for punishing General Aidid called for two AC-130H Specter gunships, operated by United States Special Forces troops, and American Cobra attack helicopters to attack five targets in and around Mogadishu.

However, the white or yellow rings are broader than in Micrurus fulvius, and there are fewer black rings on the tail, usually only 2.

Eastern Coral Snake, Micrurus fulvius at Georgia Museum of Natural History.

Coral Snake Micrurus fulvius at [Davidson College, Biology Department].