This sounds like a coral snake. Coral snakes are notorious for this interesting colouring which strike people as soon as they see it. The colours means the snakes stand out quite well in the wild, which does indeed seem strange.
Coral snakes come in a large group, too. There are many kinds of coral snakes of different colours and different sizes, and are all elapid snaked that can be divided into two specific groups of snake. One kind of coral snake is the Old World coral snake. There are 11 different species of the Old World coral snake within one genus. The other group is the New World coral snakes, and they are in three genera. These include Leptomicrurus, Micruroides and Micrurus.
The behaviour of coral snakes varies massively. You will find, however, that most of them are fossorial and elusive snakes that will spend most of their time burying themselves beneath the ground, beneath leaves or under the rainforest floor. They will generally only come to the surface during rain or the breeding season.
Some kinds of coral snakes will spend almost all their life in water. They choose water that is slow moving and has dense vegetation within it. Like all of the elapid snakes out there, they will use their small fangs at the top of their jaw to deliver venom. They feed on other smaller snakes, frogs, lizards as well as nestling birds and small rodents. The venom they produce takes time to have an effect and hence they usually go back for their prey.
Coral snakes, however, will sometimes have a tendency to hold on to their victim when they are biting, unlike other snakes that have retractable fangs and prefer to strike and then let go immediately afterwards.
Coral snakes come in a large group, too. There are many kinds of coral snakes of different colours and different sizes, and are all elapid snaked that can be divided into two specific groups of snake. One kind of coral snake is the Old World coral snake. There are 11 different species of the Old World coral snake within one genus. The other group is the New World coral snakes, and they are in three genera. These include Leptomicrurus, Micruroides and Micrurus.
The behaviour of coral snakes varies massively. You will find, however, that most of them are fossorial and elusive snakes that will spend most of their time burying themselves beneath the ground, beneath leaves or under the rainforest floor. They will generally only come to the surface during rain or the breeding season.
Some kinds of coral snakes will spend almost all their life in water. They choose water that is slow moving and has dense vegetation within it. Like all of the elapid snakes out there, they will use their small fangs at the top of their jaw to deliver venom. They feed on other smaller snakes, frogs, lizards as well as nestling birds and small rodents. The venom they produce takes time to have an effect and hence they usually go back for their prey.
Coral snakes, however, will sometimes have a tendency to hold on to their victim when they are biting, unlike other snakes that have retractable fangs and prefer to strike and then let go immediately afterwards.
