Pliocercus elapoides, also known commonly as the variegated false coral snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae.

P. elapoides is found in Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and southeastern Mexico.

[1][2] The preferred natural habitat of P. elapoides is forest.

[1] Resembling a venomous coral snake, P. elapoides has a dorsal color pattern of red, black, and yellow rings.

[2] Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Pliocercus.