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by froglady on February 24, 2003
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My husband and I just got agreen vine snake. Do you know the effects if we get bit by this rear fanged beauity?
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by snakecharmer on February 24, 2003
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What genus is this snake? I researched just green vine snake and found that they are a member of the colubridae family and of the sub family "chironius", found in Central America to nothern South America.An exact sub species is needed to conclude what you have.
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Anonymous post on February 25, 2003
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The effects can be bad if you are allergic to their venom, and there's only one way to find out. I know a man who was put in the hospital for several days by a Blanding's Tree Snake (boiga blandingi), and had several relapses over the next two months. I also know people who have been bit by their False Water Cobras and Mangrove Snakes, and only had mild local pain and swelling around the bite wound. I'm not very sure about vine snakes though.
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by Chance on February 25, 2003
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Most likely nothing serious would come of a bite. The vine I kept for a short period was an Asian vinesnake (Ahaetulla prasina), and would display his neck colors, but never actually bite. Likely symptoms would probably be no worse that local irritation, however a possible allergic reaction warrants caution when working with these animals.
As far as which species you have, this should be pretty easy to narrow down. The asians are all in the Ahaetulla genus, and have very pointed heads, very slender bodies, with horizontal pupils. The south Americans, in the Oxybelis genus, have large bodies overall than the Asians and get longer if I'm not mistaken, and have rounded eyes. I've known people that had South Americans that would eat rodents, however you can bet that the Asians are going to be lizard feeders exclusively. Be sure to get it deparasitized, as it is likely to be loaded, and try to get it on f/t lizards so that you can minimize the risk of further parasitic overload. Good luck! Very neat snakes.
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Anonymous post on February 27, 2003
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I know that most rear fanged snakes can cause serious harm if you are allergic to their venom, and there's only one way to find out if you're allergic. I have a friend that was put in the hospital for several days, by a Blandings Tree Snake (Boiga Blandingi). I know another person who was bit by his Mangrove Snake (Boiga dendrophilia), and just had pain and swelling around the bite wound.
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by Crotalus64 on February 27, 2003
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Rear fanged snakes can do serious harm if you are allergic to their venom. I have a friend that was put in the hospital for several days by a blanding's tree snake (boiga blandingi), he was seriously allergic to it. I also now a man who was bit by his mangrove snake (boiga dendrophilia), and just had pain and a swelling around the bite wound. There's only one way to find out if your allergic.
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