Banded Sand Snake vs. Sonoran Coralsnake

Both are small, banded snakes of the Sonoran Desert, out at night; the coralsnake is venomous. A: Black saddles on orange; no red and yellow rings in the Banded Sand Snake; full rings of red, yellow or white, and black in the Sonoran Coralsnake. B: White or grey, flat and wedge-shaped in the Banded Sand Snake; black and blunt in the Sonoran Coralsnake. Never handle a coralsnake.

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