Summary ²

Oxyrhopus guibei is a species of colubrid snake. It is often called the false coral snake, but this common name can refer to any of a long list of other species, genera, and even entire families of snakes. Many nonvenomous snakes have evolved coloration that mimics that of venomous true coral snakes, a trait which helps them avoid predation.

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1. (c) Nicolas Olejnik, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Nicolas Olejnik
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxyrhopus_guibei

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