venomous???

[red ink]

I was going by the classification of colubridae for corn snakes (as I don't or will ever own one) being venomous. My understnding of the colubridae is being rear fanged venomous snake.

[blindfireak40]

Originally Posted by red ink

I was going by the classification of colubridae for corn snakes (as I don't or will ever own one) being venomous. My understnding of the colubridae is being rear fanged venomous snake.

Ah, see that's where the inaccuracy lies...in one of his articles, the statement is made to the effect that although all colubrids possess the GLANDS, the constricting colubrids entirely lack the TEETH for envenomation (they are not even rear-fanged). Thus, they are not venomous, as the ability to envenomate is part of the definition.

Garters and Hoggies, however, do have the rear-fangs to deliver their (admittedly mild) venom.

[Shmoges]

Originally Posted by red ink

I was going by the classification of colubridae for corn snakes (as I don't or will ever own one) being venomous. My understnding of the colubridae is being rear fanged venomous snake.

lol thats not a very good reason to not own a corn snake. they are wonderful snakes I bet you just like bigger snakes. Or have I misread your parenthesized statement?

[red ink]

Originally Posted by Shmoges

lol thats not a very good reason to not own a corn snake. they are wonderful snakes I bet you just like bigger snakes. Or have I misread your parenthesized statement?

Don't and will never own them as I'm Australian....