Why does this come up when i am reading about this subject one expert no sorry Doctor says one thing and another says this also a Doctor in the field of venom research?! I really want this chapter to be over in my Herper brain i keep reading evidence to suggest things like the Duvernoy's secretions Gland,If you are allergic to a protein made in that gland then boom you get a fat hand and if not lucky you, Is Dr. Stephen Mackessy at University of Northern Colorado wrong about it being a hemotoxin Gregg?You need to inform him, If hes wrong! Heres the docs email stephen.mackessy@unco.edu, I sent him a mail with a link to the forum but something tells me when he reads everything hes going to stay out of this arguement but dam it i want to know 100%! not 80%,This is a cut out from another source:

Hognose snakes have enlarged rear maxillary teeth and some believe they may use this feature to deflate toads which may puff themselves up with air to unswallowable proportions. The teeth are more likely used to assist in the introduction of saliva into prey, however. I mentioned earlier these snakes were non venomous, but there is some evidence that they may be mildly venomous. Although hognoses have fangs, they apparently have no ducts or grooves through which venom could be administered. They also have no venom glands but two species, the western H. nasicus and southern hognose snakes, H. simus, contain parotid glands. This appears irrelevant, however, as many cases of envenomation have been caused by the eastern hognose H. platyrhinos which lacks the parotid glands. Due to studies,it is thought that the venom is hemotoxic. It is not known whether it is an actual venom that is produced or reactions due to saliva or bacteria. These snakes can hardly be induced to bite, even in the wild, and therefore cases are rare. There are more cases involving H. platyrhinos so please refer to the account on Heterodon platyrhinos, the eastern hognose snake.qoute from http://www.herpnet.net

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