Tobago false coral snake, Red snake, Doctor snake
Erythrolamprus ocellatus, commonly known as the Tobago false coral snake, Red snake, or Doctor snake is a species of colubrid snake, which is endemic to the island of Tobago (in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago).
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starts withUnlike other Erythrolamprus species, E. ocellatus is not sympatric with coral snakes and has a spotted rather than a banded pattern.
Dorsally, it is reddish (with black scale tips), and has a series of about 25 large ocelli (round black spots with light centers) running down the middle of the back. This is considered to bean imperfect mimic of a coral snake (there are no extant species of coral snakes in Tobago.) The dorsal surfaces of the head and neck are black, and the tail is ringed with black.
It probably feeds on other snakes. They also feed on the microteiid lizards in the genus Bachia, the rain frog Pristimantis urichi, the puddle frog, Engystomops pustulosus and the gecko, Gonatodes vittatus (in captivity), and unidentified fish.