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nydon
at Sat Sep 4 12:02:42 2004 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by nydon ]
Nope, not a rear fang. I never said it was and so I went back and looked at the comments. I am not sure if he was making a statement that it was rear fanged and asking if this is why the common name OR if he was asking if it was rear fanged because of the common name. Bottom line is that to me the teeth looked like a typical colubrid and gave no indication as to why or how it got its common name. The word I got is that it was not venomous, rear fang or otherwise and although they never attempted to bite me, whenever they were placed with another snake it went right to biting it and trying to eat it. They never attempted to constrict the other snake, simply tried to bite up and down its body as if it were looking for the head so it could swollow it alive. We never let it get that far but I suspect they may in fact eat there prey in this manner (alive).
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RE: E. rufodorsata is poisonous? Do you sure? - nydon, Sat Sep 4 12:02:42 2004