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Venomous vs. poisonous snakes

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SAN ANTONIO – What is the proper terminology to describe a snake, poisonous or venomous?

There is a difference between the two and experts will be quick to tell you to call them venomous.

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According to herpetologists, any type of animal that injects a toxin into your body it is venomous.

If you ingest or touch a toxin and become sick, then it is poisonous.

Amphibians with toxins are called poisonous because the toxins are in their granular glands which you touch.