This is exactly whats wrong with assinine legislation like that (first off, any responsible adult should be able to keep a truly venomous snake under a rational permit system such as Florida's. Banning it simply drives it underground, people are less likely to know what they are doing and also are less likely to seek proper medical care in the event of a bite since they don't want to risk loosing their animals). That all aside, hognose, like virtually all other 'colubrids', are venomous. However, being technically venomous does mean that they are venomous from a practical/medical perpective. Hognosed envenomations are typically of trivial concern.

Cheers
Bryan
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Dr. Bryan Grieg Fry
Deputy Director
Australian Venom Research Unit
University of Melbourne

www.venomdoc.com

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