Painted coral snake, Micrurus corallinus (Elaps corallinus), and Egyptian cobra, Naja haje. Handcolored engraving by Forget after an illustration by Oudart from Charles d'Orbigny's "Dictionnaire Universel d'Histoire Naturelle" (Universal Dictionary of Natural History), Paris, 1849.

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