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The section on distribution references a picture that is not there. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.22.121.249 (talk) 07:26, 31 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

um, this is a good article-User:Carsoncocars

look at the copperhead page. It would be nice if articles on snakes all followed that format. Much easier to read.

Personally having articles divided into distinct sections with headings makes them much easier to read (and WP:Guide to writing better articles agrees). Unfortunately for coral snakes, the big list of species makes it kind of ugly. Maybe the list should be last and the extra text below it be moved up for readability? -Dawson 16:40, 6 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I say move the taxonomy list to a different list and link it. 75.1.248.19 17:45, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Coral Snake Page Vandalised

Hi, This page has been vandalised. Can someone please correct it. Thanks and regards, David

It seems inexplicable to me but this page seems to be vandalised frequently. Is there some way an admin can protect this page? It looks to me like the vandilism comes from a different IP address each time. I am a different David from the one above.David Eagan 17:08, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Folk Rhyme

Can anyone confirm that this is incorrect: "and can even have red bands touching yellow bands,"...it should either be stated "and can even have red bands touching BLACK bands," or as is without the 'even,' since the coloration described here does not contrast with the preceeding paragraph. --Elgringo18 00:16, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've never heard of the example folk rhyme, and it's an incredibly bad way to remember, since it only talks about "red and yellow" or "red and black" and doesn't correlate them. A better rhyme is "Red touches yellow, you're a dead fellow; red touches black, you're OK, Jack." The problem is that few people can quite remember the correct order of the rhyme ("Is it red touches yellow, you're a good fellow, or is it you're a dead fellow?") -- 12.116.162.162 (talk) 22:17, 19 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Here in Texas (where we actually do have coral snakes) they teach kids this version:

"Red'n'yella - kill a fella. Red'n'black - good for jack." - and "Jack" isn't a person's name. "Good for jack" means "useless".

Per Wiktionary: (colloquial, euphemistic) Nothing, jack shit. "You haven't done jack. Get up and get this room cleaned up right now!"

Personally, I taught my kid the more succinct version: "See a snake, run away.". Standing around trying to remember the rhyme and carefully examining the order of the bands on the snake while you have a Coral Snake heading your way? Hell No! 98.156.242.137 (talk) 14:06, 3 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Missing a section on venom

This page should really be edited....Theres not even a section on venom!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.105.153.58 (talk) 18:20, 16 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Neurotoxin

Is there anyone here that tcan describe how the neurotoxin works. Is it like nerve gas, an acetylcholine stearace inhibitor? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.203.58.1 (talk) 15:22, 3 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

North American focus

I've added {{globalize/North America}} to the article. The article briefly mentions that a dozen old world coral snakes exist, and then never mentions them again except in the taxonomy. GavinZac (talk) 06:32, 21 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Very little old world info

This article is badly biased toward new world coral snakes. More old world info really needs to be added. Pb8bije6a7b6a3w (talk) 15:20, 23 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Range implies us-only

The range given for the coral snake lists US states only, as if it only exists in the US. I came to this page after reading about them in Central America so I suspect this is wrong and very misleading. - R — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.84.174.136 (talk) 17:46, 24 November 2014‎ (UTC)[reply]

Still US-based

Added a {{Globalize/US}} tag again. As has been pointed out previously, information in all sections except taxonomy is based purely on the US. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.235.244.96 (talk) 08:43, 9 April 2015‎ (UTC)[reply]

24 Ohm Snake listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect 24 Ohm Snake. Please participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. _signed,Rosguill ^talk 22:35, 2 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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 : I've never heard of the example folk rhyme, and it's an incredibly bad way to remember, since it only talks about "red and yellow" or "red and black" and doesn't correlate them. A better rhyme is "Red '''touches''' yellow, you're a dead fellow; red '''touches''' black, you're OK, Jack." The problem is that few people can quite remember the correct order of the rhyme ("Is it red touches yellow, you're a good fellow, or is it you're a dead fellow?") -- [[Special:Contributions/12.116.162.162|12.116.162.162]] ([[User talk:12.116.162.162|talk]]) 22:17, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
+: Here in Texas (where we actually do have coral snakes) they teach kids this version:
+:: ''"Red'n'yella - kill a fella. Red'n'black - good for jack."'' - and "Jack" isn't a person's name.  "Good for jack" means "useless".
+: Per Wiktionary: (colloquial, euphemistic) Nothing, jack shit. "You haven't done jack. Get up and get this room cleaned up right now!"
+: Personally, I taught my kid the more succinct version:  "See a snake, run away.".  Standing around trying to remember the rhyme and carefully examining the order of the bands on the snake while you have a Coral Snake heading your way?  Hell No! [[Special:Contributions/98.156.242.137|98.156.242.137]] ([[User talk:98.156.242.137|talk]]) 14:06, 3 September 2019 (UTC)
 == Missing a section on venom ==