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The false water cobra is rear fanged and has a hood. They do seem similar.
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uhh... I think that is it.

Hi mate

Both are in the Xenodontinae family and are therefore much closer to each other than to a corn snake (which is in the Colubrinae family).

Have a look at the venom paper linked below for more info on the relative taxonomy.

Cheers
BGF
Colubroidea snake venom evolution paper

Well, geez, I guess told you wrong. I was going off of one book that seemed to regard Heterodon as an oddball, but that's just me reading a book.
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Peter: It's OK, I'll handle it. I read a book about something like this.
Brian: Are you sure it was a book? Are you sure it wasn't NOTHING?

Hola

The Xenodontinae family is a pretty big one and includes not only Heterodon and Hydrodynastes but also Philodryas.

Cheers
B
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