harlequin snake

English

Noun

harlequin snake (plural harlequin snakes)

1. Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen, the northern copperhead, a venomous viper found in the eastern United States.
2. Micrurus fulvius, the eastern coral snake, a venomous elapid found in the eastern United States.
3. Micrurus tener, the Texas coral snake, a venomous elapid found in the southern United States and northern/central Mexico.