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chris_harper2
at Sun Oct 9 20:22:17 2005 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by chris_harper2 ]
>>I think I have this straight now. No north american corn or ratsnakes are venomous or even produce venom.
Correct.
>>But, the asians do but hardly ever bite and if do are rarely fatal unless alergies.
This is a very complex subject. I'll just say that most of the Asian Ratsnakes in the hobby are "harmless".
>>So the all water snakes are venomous and rear fanged but some hardly ever bite. Is that right?
All of Nerodia are technically venomous, they are not rear-fanged, and they bite like the dickens. I've been bitten by several and only get localized itching. I get this from Thamnophis (Gartersnakes) as well.
I also get it from the Gonyosoma (an Asian Ratsnake) I keep.
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