ORANGE CITY, Fla. — Officials say a Florida teenager has been bitten by a venomous snake at school.

The Daytona Beach News-Journal reports that the bite happened shortly after classes ended Wednesday at University High School in Orange City.

A Volusia County schools spokeswoman says the 19-year-old student found the coral snake and brought it to the school’s courtyard, where the reptile bit him on a knuckle.

Paramedics responded and took the student to a Sanford hospital. The student’s condition wasn’t immediately known.

Coral snakes possess one of the deadliest venoms of any North American snake. They’re known for their red, yellow and black banding, though they’re sometimes confused with similarly colored nonvenomous snakes.