See if the snake has a black and yellow tail.The venomous coral snake's tail has only black and yellow bands with no red. The non-venomous scarlet king snake's band pattern remains the same throughout the length of his body. 3 Look at the color and shape of the snake's head.Determi...
Kingsnakes are commonly mistaken for coral snakes because of their color. An Eastern king snake has black or brown scales with 30 narrow vertical bands of yellow or white on its back. Its underbelly is yellow with zig-zagging patterns of black scales.This species of king snake is very differ...
King snake, any of a group of nonvenomous moderate-sized to large terrestrial snakes found from southeastern Canada to Ecuador. Adults generally range in length from 1 to 1.5 meters (3.3 to 5 feet), but some have grown to 2.1 meters (6.8 feet). King snak