Costa Rica Day: 2 La Fortuna
We had just finished our hike when we ran into this Satiny Parrot snake!
Parrot snakes where once thought to be non-venomous but were later found to be very mildly venomous.
The confusion came from the parrot snake being a opisthoglyphous snake, or a rear fanged snake, making its injection of venom quite a process compared to frontal fanged snakes.
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