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(A) The coral snake can be identified by the yellow and red bands that touch while red and black bands do not. The coral snake is a member of the Elapidae.

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1 (A) The coral snake can be identified by the yellow and red bands that touch while red and black bands do not. The coral snake is a member of the Elapidae family and is venomous. (B) This king snake appears similar to the coral snake but has a different band pattern with adjacent red and black bands. It is only a mimic of the coral snake and is harmless. (Photo contributor: Steven Holt, MD (Reproduced with permission from Knoop et al: The Atlas of Emergency Medicine, 3rd ed. McGraw-Hill, New York, 2010.) [A] and Mark Silverberg, MD [B].) Source: Chapter 18. Environmental Emergencies, Atlas of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 2e Citation: Shah BR, Lucchesi M, Amodio J, Silverberg M. Atlas of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 2e; 2013 Available at: Accessed: November 14, 2017 Copyright © 2017 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved


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