The northern scarlet snake grows to 36-51 cm (14-20 inches) in total length.

In Indiana, the scarlet snake is listed as an endangered species.

Milk, fox, and scarlet snakes are killed because of a resemblance to the venomous rattlesnake.

The scarlet snake is a beauty-red, and black and yellow-docile and makes a fine pet.

Its range does not overlap with other subspecies of scarlet snake.

Like all scarlet snakes, the Texas scarlet snake is a secretive burrower, spending most of its time under ground.

The scarlet snake is a beauty - red, and black and yellow - docile and makes a fine pet.

My pet was not a scarlet snake - it was a young coral snake.

One winter, down in Florida, I caught what I thought was a scarlet snake.

Now the scarlet snake had reached the walls and was rearing as if to coil and writhe over them.