coral snake

Noun	1.	coral snake - any of various venomous elapid snakes of Asia and Africa and Australia Synonyms: Old World coral snake
	2.	coral snake - any of several venomous New World snakes brilliantly banded in red and black and either yellow or white; widely distributed in South America and Central America Synonyms: harlequin-snake, New World coral snake

African coral snake, Asian coral snake, Aspidelaps lubricus, Australian coral snake, elapid, elapid snake, Old World coral snake, Rhynchoelaps australis