NOUN | animal | Old World coral snake, coral snake | any of various venomous elapid snakes of Asia and Africa and Australia |
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Meaning | Any of various venomous elapid snakes of Asia and Africa and Australia. | |
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Synonym | coral snake | |
Narrower | African coral snake, Aspidelaps lubricus | small widely distributed arboreal snake of southern Africa banded in black and orange |
Asian coral snake | Of India | |
Australian coral snake, Rhynchoelaps australis | small venomous but harmless snake marked with black-and-white on red | |
Broader | elapid, elapid snake | Any of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of both hemispheres |
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