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These 'Venomenal Snakes' pages are dedicated to the most fascinating creatures of the animal kingdome......... THE SNAKES! My name is Harold van der Ploeg and was born in 1976. I live in Leeuwarden, a medium sized city in the northern part of the Netherlands. I have been interrested in snakes since I was a little kid. At this moment I keep several non-venomous and venomous species. Both types will be described at this site. I have to note that I don't promote keeping venomous reptiles. Those animals are dangerous and can NEVER be kept totally safe. So only experienced or profs can deal with them. There are many species of non-dangerous snakes which can be very beautiful and gentle 'pets'.

The name 'Venomenal' is a pun from the words 'phenomenal' and 'venomous'.

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Some of the venomous snake-species described at this site are:

Acanthophis rugosus, Aspidelaps lubricus, Atheris squamigera, Bitis nasicornis, Cerastes cerastes ssp., Crotalus durissus unicolor, Crotalus oreganus cerberus, Crotalus lepidus klauberi, Crotalus lepidus lepidus, Crotalus ruber ruber, Dendroaspis viridis, Hemachatus haemachatus, Naja sputatrix, Vipera albizona, Vipera aspis francisciredi, Vipera kaznakovi, Vipera latasti latasti, Vipera latasti gaditana, Vipera lotievi, Vipera nikolskii, Vipera orlovi, Vipera raddei raddei, Vipera renardi renardi, Vipera seoanei seoanei, Vipera wagneri

and some of the non-venous species are:

Antaresia maculosa, Drymobius margaritiferus, Ninia sebae, Rhynchophis boulengeri, Sibon nebulatus