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A snake
... 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
?