Blood-bellied Coralsnake

The blood-bellied coralsnake is a venomous elapid endemic to the central lowlands of Sri Lanka, known from Wasgamuwa and Rattota. It measures 15 to 41 cm in total length. The back is banded and the head relatively unpigmented, without light spots behind the parietal scales. The belly is bright red, and the red pigment extends to the sides, next to the blue colour under the tail (Wikipedia, general species account).

The snake is known to produce three eggs at a time. Nationally Critically Endangered (Sri Lanka National Red List 2012).