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.