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... that the East Asian banded red snake can harbour tapeworms and eating its raw meat may lead to parasitic infections?
... that Colombia is home to almost 300 different species of snake?
... that the Mexican kingsnake is sometimes killed because it is misidentified as a venomous coral snake?
...that Crotalus tigris has the highest toxicity of venoms among rattlesnakes, even though it has a low venom yield?
... that Morelia spilota spilota, the Diamond python, of East Gippsland live at the highest altitude of any python?