I think it was an article about someone phoning in to the venom unit in Florida(?) asking if the snake they found in their backyard is dangerous, the description sounded like a melanistic eastern hog due to the length, the person that found it ended up picking it up with a stick, putting it in a jar and bringing it to them and it ended up being a melanistic coral. I would think that if there are any melanistics in captivity there is bound to be lots in the wild. Also kind of goes to show you that verbal descriptions aren't always enough!

Wow, neat. Lucky the lady didn't get bit though! I was referring to the color of the bands they have, never even considered the possibility of the absence of them

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If you do a google search on melanistic corals, lots of interesting little forum threads and topics come up. Just some food for thought!

Theres also anerythristic coral snakes in a range near Austin, TX - their red bands are completely faded out, and albinos found in a range near Houston, TX.

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