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A snake
... that the
Honduran milk snake
's
color resemblance to the
coral snake
, known as
Batesian mimicry
, helps protect it from potential predators?
...that the range of
Nelson's Milksnake
(
Albino
specimen pictured)
from
Mexico
is linked to
watercourses
, and that it was thought to be the same
subspecies
as the more common Sinaloan Milksnake until 1978?
... that
forest cobras
(pictured)
can grow up to 2.7 metres (8.9 feet) and kill in 20 minutes?
... that
Dubois' seasnake
is one of at least seventeen
sea snake
species living in the
Coral Sea
, and has the world's most toxic sea
snake venom
?
... that
Lycodon chrysoprateros
, a snake species endemic to the
Philippines
, is considered
critically endangered
because its range is only 52 square kilometres (20 sq mi)?