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Noun: western coral snake
  1. A venomous snake species found in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, characterized by red, yellow and black banding
    "western coral snake's bright bands serve as a warning to predators";
    - Micruroides euryxanthus, Sonoran coral snake

Derived forms: western coral snakes

Type of: coral snake, harlequin-snake, New World coral snake

Part of: genus Micruroides, Micruroides