**5.2 Coral snakes**

In Coral Snake bites, the inoculation of venom is neurotoxic. Clinical manifestations from a coral snake envenomation are mild pain (against intense pain from a pit viper snakebite), swelling, erythema and paresthesis in the area of the wound. The wound is represented by puncture marks, abrasions or scratches (D. L. Morgan, Borys, Stanford, Kjar, & Tobleman, 2007). Most snake bites do not leave important local signs other than one or two punctures and sometimes small teeth marks. Systemic effects appearing after several hours include nausea, vomiting, dizziness, malaise, slurred speech, muscle weakness, respiratory depression, or seizures (Hodge III & Tecklenburg, 2006).
