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The thing is Eddie....most lack any real venom anyway but have an anticoagulant and/or slightly toxic saliva...I can see where an anticoagulant might help keep a frog from resealing it's wounds by secreting whatever it is they secrete. It is also something to note that some garters, watersnakes and some others that do not have rear fangs but do have anticoagulant properties to their saliva also eat frogs on occasion. Watersnakes especially have slightly larger than normal, very sharp teeth and their bite stings a bit and bleeds profusely...I think they have the same idea as the rear fanged snakes but just need to chew a bit more. Oddly though....many of the little worm eating snakes like ringnecks have enlarged rear teeth....do adult ringnecks eat small frogs sometimes? I've never heard of one doing so but I suppose they could.
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