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I agree, i thought the same thing and wasn't saying these were facts i just googled did cobras evolve from colubrids and this is all i could find. I have been working with herps for over 20 years and know that poison dart frogs are poisonous and cobras are venomous, lol! I will say this back around 20 years ago alot of people called venomous snakes poisonous and some still do.this was just the only thing i could find that stated that venomous snakes evolved from colubrids so i thought i would share so you could see why some people might think this.

Very good point Shawn and the fact the author Kenneth V. Kardong has many peer reviewed papers/books published.


Washington State University - Kenneth Kardong

Amazon.com: Kenneth V. Kardong: Books

An Introduction to Biological Evolution: 9780073050775: Science & Mathematics Books @ Amazon.com