Yes, like all colubrids vine snakes are technically venomous snakes, and yes they are ophistoglyphous (rear fanged). Almost all colubrids are fortunately harmless in spite of being venomous.
Regards, sOhAm mukherjee Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel -----Original Message----- From: Shantanu Bhattacharya <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 14:48:44 To: indian-herps<[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: Is Vinesnake Ahaetulla nasuta venomous?? Hi Its mentioned in many texts that Vinesnake is mildly venomous.....is it a back-fanged species? please throw some light on this. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Indian Herps and Insects" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indian-herps?hl=en-GB. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Indian Herps and Insects" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indian-herps?hl=en-GB.
