How to Use coral snake in a Sentence

coral snake

noun

• Stiles said a good way to ID a coral snake is through the black snout on the front of the face.
  — Dennis Pillion | [e-mail], al, 1 Aug. 2022
• The eastern coral snake, found along the coastal areas, does not.
  — Shelia Poole, ajc, 5 June 2018
• The Arizona coral snake is a small snake that only grows 13 to 21 inches long.
  — Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic, 21 Oct. 2021
• That’s the rhyme millions of schoolchildren learned to warn them that the eastern coral snake is best left alone.
  — Steven Hill, Field & Stream, 11 June 2020
• The video takes a turn when a wasp began to circle the reptiles before landing on the coral snake.
  — Ricky Pinela, orlandosentinel.com, 18 Oct. 2019
• Within seconds, the coral snake began thrashing around in an attempt to get rid of the wasp.
  — Ricky Pinela, orlandosentinel.com, 18 Oct. 2019
• Others boast dozens of vertical stripes, like a coral snake.
  — Jason Bittel, National Geographic, 27 June 2019
• But coral snake venom is highly toxic, so avoid them at all costs.
  — Alison Medley, Houston Chronicle, 29 Sep. 2020
• Opossums also are immune to nearly all types of snake venom with the exception of the coral snake.
  — René A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com, 4 Aug. 2020
• But shortly after, the dangerous coral snake bit Phillips.
  — Madeline Farber, Fox News, 11 May 2018
• Martinez’s huipil has three stripes, in red and black, that represent the coral snake, which is a common species in Tuxtepec.
  — Fernanda Pérez Sánchez, Vogue, 8 Aug. 2022
• Kolby points to the example of Dunn’s earth snake (Geophis dunni), which was found in the stomach of a coral snake (Micrurus nigrocinctus) in Nicaragua in 1932.
  — National Geographic, 23 Sep. 2016
• Laita gave the example of the blue coral snake, which has an incredibly long venom gland, running nearly half the length of its body.
  — Breanna Draxler, Discover Magazine, 26 Feb. 2013
• There’s a reason most naturalists don’t try to teach that rhyme as a way to distinguish the venomous coral snake from the non-venomous scarlet kingsnake.
  — Dennis Pillion | [e-mail], al, 15 Aug. 2022
• As for where rim rock crowned snakes fit into the Keys food chain, Sheehy explained that their primary predator would likely be a coral snake.
  — Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2022
• For example, the harmless king snake has red, black and yellow stripes that strongly resemble the venomous coral snake's.
  — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 23 June 2011
• The team also collected the bodies of two snakes that succumbed to centipedes, including a venomous coral snake.
  — National Geographic, 28 Feb. 2019
• For example, the scarlet king snake mimics the venomous coral snake, while the viceroy butterfly mimics the monarch butterfly, which is poisonous.
  — Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 6 Mar. 2023
• For example, brightly colored milk snakes and kingsnakes borrow their patterns and colors from the highly venomous coral snake.
  — Carina Woudenberg, Discover Magazine, 25 Oct. 2022
• The diminutive creature deploys a gravity-defying cartwheel when threatened by predators such as birds and the striped coral snake.
  — Katie Hunt, CNN, 8 Apr. 2023
• The coral snake, which is a rare sighting in Alabama now anyway, typically has narrow yellow bands with red and black on either side.
  — Dennis Pillion | [e-mail], al, 15 Aug. 2022
• For the first time, scientists have grown miniature, venom-producing glands in the lab using coral snake embryos, according to a news study published in the journal Cell.
  — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Jan. 2020
• The coral snake lives in parts of the southeastern United States, according to National Geographic.
  — Caitlin Keating, PEOPLE.com, 16 May 2018
• The state is home to eastern coral snakes, copperheads, cottonmouths and several different species of rattlesnakes.
  — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 11 June 2019
• Those are really gnarly snakes, but there are other dangerous snakes in Costa Rica, too, including coral snakes.
  — Jerry Beilinson, Popular Mechanics, 9 Oct. 2013
• But just like the Agta, primates often turn the tables, and many such bouts have ended in defeat for the serpent: a tarsier eating a coral snake; a patas monkey killing a mamba; a black lemur taking on a Madagascan boa; and more.
  — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 12 Dec. 2011
• Thankfully the United States is home to fewer venomous snake species than other parts of the world, but several native types of pit vipers and coral snakes can deliver dangerous toxic enzymes with a single strike.
  — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 8 May 2018
• Some venoms, such as those of cobras and coral snakes, primarily attack the nervous system, leading to breathing difficulties and paralysis.
  — Katie Nodjimbadem, Smithsonian, 30 Sep. 2017
• Similarly to the Western diamondback, the Arizona coral snake is also suited for various habitat types.
  — Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic, 21 Oct. 2021
• In Florida, the natural world is teeming with terrors: coral snakes, alligators, sinkholes, extreme and ferocious weather.
  — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 14 June 2018

Last Updated: 7 Dec 2024