The colorful coral snake is the most venomous snake in Arizona. Here is the best way to avoid coral snakes and what to do if you are bitten.

As for the "Stripe" variant, it features continuous longitudinal bands on the back. These two variations share the same characteristic of a uniform belly, lacking the typical checkerboard pattern.

They tend to have black chevrons going across their back and they tend to have a black tail or a very dark tail, and will have a tan or gold-colored stripe that runs down the back of the snake.

In Louisiana, there are seven venomous snake species. What ... and there may also be a faint orange stripe running down the center of the back, ... Coral snakes are often colored with red, ...

Dorsal/ventral — Dorsal refers to the top or back, while ventral refers to the bottom or belly. Status — For this article, a snake's status refers to its conservation status under Chapter 481B ...

A distinctive feature is a reddish-brown stripe running down the center of the back. ... The rest of a coral snake’s body alternates “red and black rings separated by narrower yellow rings. ...

In the corn snake, some morphs display red, yellow, or pink blotches, and their dorsal spots can merge or turn into stripes. ... which features continuous longitudinal stripes along the back.