Are Garter snakes and Ring Neck snakes considered "HOT"?

[reptiledude987]

Originally Posted by bigsnakegirl785

Garters are not rear-fanged. At all. They don't have any venom sacs, they do not store venom anywhere in their body, they have Duvernoys glands so technically aren't truly venomous like an elapid or viper. Some may store poison in their tissues, though.

There is no reason to label a garter, or a ringneck as venomous, as they aren't.

The African elapid garters from the genus elapsoidea and the Asian colubrid group typically known as Indonesain garters are venomous species. North american garters are not.

[bigsnakegirl785]

Originally Posted by reptiledude987

The African elapid garters from the genus elapsoidea and the Asian colubrid group typically known as Indonesain garters are venomous species. North american garters are not.

They aren't garters. Garter snakes are only from the genus Thamnophis. They may have "garter" in their common name, but they aren't the garters most people think of.