A genus of venomous snakes commonly known as coral snakes, found in the Americas and known for their distinctive red, yellow, and black banding.
From Greek 'elaps' meaning snake, used as a scientific genus name in Linnean taxonomy established in the 18th century for classification of venomous American snakes.
The coral snake gave us the famous rhyme 'red touches yellow, kill a fellow; red touches black, friend of Jack'—but this rhyme only works in North America, and it fails in parts of Mexico where the snake patterns follow different rules!
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