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title: "Falsa coral"
description: "Erythrolamprus aesculapii — Reptiles. Erythrolamprus aesculapii, also known commonly as the Aesculapian false coral snake, the South American false coral snake, and in Portuguese as bacorá, or falsa-coral, is a species of mildly venomous snake in the family Colubridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/aesculapian-false-coral-snake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Falsa coral

> Erythrolamprus aesculapii — Reptiles. Erythrolamprus aesculapii, also known commonly as the Aesculapian false coral snake, the South American false coral snake, and in Portuguese as bacorá, or falsa-coral, is a species of mildly venomous snake in the family Colubridae.

- Scientific name: *Erythrolamprus aesculapii*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 589
- Wikidata: [Q2710586](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2710586)
- iNaturalist taxon: [30152](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/30152)

## Names

- en: Aesculapian False Coral Snake
- de: Falsche Korallenschlange
- es: Falsa coral
- fr: Couresse faux-corail
- pl: Nibykoralówka Eskulapa

## Countries with the most observations

BR (381), GF (53), EC (32), CO (26), AR (14), BO (11), SR (9), GY (7), PY (7), PE (6), VE (3)

## Summary

Erythrolamprus aesculapii, also known commonly as the Aesculapian false coral snake, the South American false coral snake, and in Portuguese as bacorá, or falsa-coral, is a species of mildly venomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to South America.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erythrolamprus_aesculapii

## Photo

![Falsa coral](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/aesculapian-false-coral-snake/medium.jpg)

Photo: Monkey Safari Tur · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/341521557

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/aesculapian-false-coral-snake?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).