The scarlet king snake is a medium-sized snake that bears an uncanny resemblance to banded varieties of milk snake, with red and black bands touching. However, they are now considered separate ...

Scarlet king snakes, in particular, look like coral snakes with their red, black and yellow bands. But black bands separate red and yellow bands. King snakes are constrictors, which means they ...

red and black, friend of Jack"—penned to distinguish it from similarly patterned, nonvenomous copycats, such as the scarlet king snake. Coral snakes are extremely reclusive and generally bite ...