harlequin snake

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. (Zoöl.) See harlequin snake in the vocabulary.
2. n. any of several venomous New World snakes brilliantly banded in red and black and either yellow or white, especially the eastern coral snake, a small poisonous snake (Micrurus fulvius or Elaps fulvius), ringed with red and black, found in the Southeastern United States. They are widely distributed in Southern and Central America