Indiana woman found dead with snake around her neck in 'reptile home' , 8 foot python

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18. People. In many states, the house next door to yours can have all types of poisonous or

simply dangerous reptiles in it. In Florida, people are allowed to keep extremely poisonous snakes in their homes and only get inspected by the state once per year. Neighbors don't have to be notified. We had a situation near me where a cobra got out of it's cage and none of the snake's owner's neighbors knew that he had two very dangerous reptile in his house. People can cage Crits, Asps, Black Mambas, ect, all that is required is that they have a supply of anti-venom for the snake in their possession (that is part of the inspection requirement).

Let's say that a kid gets bitten by a strange looking snake in the kid's backyard, how is a parent supposed to tell hospital what type of snake it was and how is the hospital supposed to know how to get antivenom, even if it guessed the snake? Ultimately the Florida Department of Agriculture would be notified (it is responsible for inspections of the snake owner's home) and may notify the hospital, but with snakes like a Crit, an Asp, or a Black Mamba where venom is very fast and strongly acting, the kid could long be dead.