I think its the amout of change that man can so quickly bring about that is often the concern. Example, fire ants. They've effected a huge change in local ecologies and are something a heron wouldn't likely have spread. Relative to this I think a few released snakes here and there is pretty negligable, though still irrisponcible. Even the pythons in the everglades are likely taking a hell of a beating due to this cold snap.

As for other examples of vectors being carried by released cb snakes the only example the comes to mind is the Aruba Island rattlesnake. There are others but the specifics just aren't coming to ind just now. Too much ginger and whiskey.
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