Bibron's coral snake is a species of venomous elapid snake. It is named after Gabriel Bibron

Gabriel Bibron

Gabriel Bibron was a French zoologist. He was born in Paris. Son of an employee of the Museum national d'histoire naturelle, he had a good foundation in natural history and was hired to collect vertebrates in Italy and Sicily. He classified a number of reptile species with André Marie Constant...

 (1806-1848), French zoologist.

Description

Eye minute, diameter about half its distance from mouth. Frontal nearly as long as its distance from snout, much shorter than parietals; no preocular; prefrontal in contact with third upper labial; one very small postocular; temporals 1+1; seven upper labials, third and fourth entering orbit; first lower labial much elongate, forming a long suture with its fellow; anterior chin shields small, much shorter than posterior, in contact with third and fourth lower labials. Dorsal scales smooth, without apical pits, in 13 rows. Ventrals 222-226; anal entire; subcaudals paired 27-34.

Cherry-red to dark purplish brown above, red beneath, with black crossbands which are sometimes continuous across the belly; anterior part of head black above.

Adults may attain a total length of 64 cm (25 inches), with a tail length of 5 cm (2 inches).