"It’s a stunning discovery that will send shockwaves through the international pet snake trade."

"We are talking about a couple thousand species here so to go through systematically (as we have started doing on a family level and now on a genus level) will of course take quite a bit of time"


How's this going to send shockwaves through the international pet trade?!!? It's a know fact that 99% of snakes kept as pets has never ever cause any type of envenomation to their owners. Mr. Fry nobody needs you to tell them that pythons, boas, kingsnakes, bull and gopher snakes, ratsnakes, hognose snakes, milksnakes,N. A. garter snakes, and N. A. water snakes are safe to keep as pets. WE ALREADY KNOWN THIS FOR AT LEAST 50 YEARS!!! Snakes like Psammophis are rarely imported into the U.S.and sold as pets to little kids, so stop making it sound like this is some type of epidemic.Envenomation by rear-fanged and other colubrids has already been well documented.
Envenomation by Rear-fanged and "Harmless" Snakes: Bibliography

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