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title: "Koralówka arlekin"
description: "Micrurus fulvius — Gady. Micrurus fulvius, commonly known as the eastern coral snake, common coral snake, American cobra, and more, is a species of highly venomous coral snake in the family Elapidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/eastern-coralsnake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Koralówka arlekin

> Micrurus fulvius — Gady. Micrurus fulvius, commonly known as the eastern coral snake, common coral snake, American cobra, and more, is a species of highly venomous coral snake in the family Elapidae.

- Scientific name: *Micrurus fulvius*
- Category: `reptiles` (Gady)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las)
- iNaturalist observations: 1529
- Wikidata: [Q1513945](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1513945)
- iNaturalist taxon: [73867](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/73867)

## Names

- en: Eastern Coralsnake
- de: Harlekin-Korallennatter
- es: Serpiente coralillo del noreste
- nl: Harlekijnkoraalslang
- pl: Koralówka arlekin

## Countries with the most observations

US (1438)

## Summary

Micrurus fulvius, commonly known as the eastern coral snake, common coral snake, American cobra, and more, is a species of highly venomous coral snake in the family Elapidae. The species is endemic to the southeastern United States. The family also contains the cobras and sea snakes. 
Its appearance is sometimes confused with that of the scarlet snake (Cemophora coccinea) or scarlet kingsnake (Lampropeltis elapsoides), which are nonvenomous mimics. No subspecies are recognized as being valid. Although the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed M. fulvius as "Least Concern" in 2007 based on…

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

## Photo

![Koralówka arlekin](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/eastern-coralsnake/medium.jpg)

Photo: Daniel Estabrooks · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/73867

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/eastern-coralsnake?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).