False coral snake (Oxyrhopus vandicus) despite its bright colors this species is harmless. It does however have a weak venom that helps it kill prey.

---

Size: 6184px × 4127px
Location: San Martin, Peru
Photo credit: © Anton Sorokin / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: banded, bands, beautiful, big, biodiversity, black, calico, close, colubrid, colubridae, contrast, coral, detail, dipsadidae, dynamic, eye, false, fanged, gorgeous, harmless, herpetology, jungle, macro, mimic, mimicry, nocturnal, oxyrhopus, photo, photography, portrait, pretty, rainforest, rear, red, reptile, reptilian, scales, shadows, snake, tropical, vandicus