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Originally Posted by Bambi

I was sitting on my landscape wall last week when a rather large coral snake passed about ten inches from my foot. I put my little dog in the house, grabbed my phone a took a quick picture. Yes, it was a coral- compared the pic to several on Wikipedia. The stripes matched the jingle- “when red meets black- friend of Jack. When red meets yellow-kill a fellow.” Would post pic if I knew how.
Coral snakes are very reclusive and rarely bit. According to Wikipedia, their venom is the second most poisonous in the world. Black mumba is number one.
The last I saw him, he was trying to cross the street. I have been visually checking my yard before letting my dog wander around and I sit on the wall. This type of snake doesn’t have hollow fangs that allow the venom to inject but corals have to chew on their victims to inject the venom thru grooves on their teeth. Very interesting animal. If you can’t remember the jingle, remember they have black round noses.

I would be surprised if it was coral snake. Probably king snake which you would never want to kill.