Scarlet Snake- (Cemophora coccinea lineri) Texas Threatened Reptile

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The saying goes... "Red touches yellow, kills a fellow. Red touches black, venom lack."

©Juliet Whitsett |Social: @juliet_whitsett_art   

 COLOR PALETTE SAMPLED FROM IMAGES OF THE SCARLET SNAKE.

SPECIES INFO:

The saying goes... "Red touches yellow, kills a fellow. Red touches black, venom lack."

The Scarlet Snake (Cemophora coccinea lineri) is a fairly small nocturnal nonvenomous snake that can be found in South Texas- it can be confused with the venomous red next to yellow kind... #coralsnake

According to information found on iNaturalist, "Like all scarlet snakes (genusCemophora), the Texas scarlet snake is a secretive burrower, spending most of its time under ground. It prefers sandy thicket habitats along the Gulf of Mexico coastline."

IMAGE:

https://midcoast-tmn.org/texas-scarlet-snake/

RANGE:

There are actually 2 species of Scarlet Snakes that are threatened in Texas. Geography is a great indicator of which one you are seeing- if you are in South Texas- you are likely seeing the Scarlet Snake. North East Texas- the Threatened Northern Scarlet Snake.⁠

SUPPORT:

Shop this art  HERE OR gift to theThreatened Texas Series: Venmo @Juliet-Whitsett (Your patronage donation helps spread the word about Texas' Endangered & Threatened Species).

THREATENED TEXAS SERIES:

There are 148 Threatened Species & 74 Threatened Species in Texas. Each palette & species is unique. I have sampled colors from images of actual Texas Threatened Species and created original art inspired by each group.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 5% of the profits from this series enthusiastically goes to help Threatened & Endangered Species.

HOW YOU CAN HELP:

Wonder what you can do to help? One easy thing I have found is to write my US house Rep. and ask them to support The Recovering America's Wildlife Act RAWA⁠ Find out more at https://www.txwildlifealliance.org/or if you aren't in Texas, https://ournatureusa.com/

SOURCES:

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1379953

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_scarlet_snake

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/606460-Cemophora-...