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Venom Toxicity?
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by HerpHunter63 on April 29, 2010
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Hey guys, I recently found an article regarding hognose snakes retaining venom. I know they are colubrids (so it must be back fanged)apart from the odd person who has a rare reaction does this snakes venom pose any danger to the average individual?
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by Phobos on April 29, 2010
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Actually, yes. Many snakes sequester toxins from their prey, Red-necked Keel-back Snake, Rhabdophis subminiatus are well known to do this. Not sure if Hognoses do but their bites can be more than a pain in the appendage where bitten. Westerns (H. n. nasicus)for sure have been document to cause tissue damage in humans. Paper was given Dr. Dan Keyler last year at Venom Week.
Incidently, there looks like there might be a book published with hard evidence on just how bad Colubrid bite can be. It was going to be just case review paper but the volumn of documented cases from around the world indicates maybe a book is required on the subject.
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by BGF on April 30, 2010
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The case referred to can probably be considered the far edge of the envelop. By generic snake bite standards, it would have been considered a fairly mild envenomation if it was a viper. At no time was it life-threatening. These snakes have been safely kept by 10s of thousands of people. They are only tepid at best, not hot.
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