Western Coral Snake

Micruroides euryxanthus

Safety note: Highly venomous — do not approach

The Western Coral Snake is a small, secretive burrowing snake of the Sonoran Desert. Like its eastern relative, it has a potent neurotoxic venom and striking red-yellow-black banding.

Habitat

Sonoran Desert scrub, rocky slopes, and mountain foothills in Arizona

Diet

Small snakes and lizards

How common

Uncommon

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