Do venomous snakes also have regular teeth?

Question
Hi Ken,

This is probably a dumb question, especially as we have an almost-16yo corn snake that we've had since he was a few weeks old.  My dad started me off liking snakes when I was a little girl.  I read a lot about them, but today this question popped into my head while visiting on various reptile discussion forums.

There were a couple recent coral snake bites, so herp enthusiasts were talking about them and how some people can mistake coral snakes for snakes with similar colors, such as a Mexican milk snake.

I know when I've been bitten by my own corn snake (ALWAYS my fault) that I had an oval pattern of lots of little bleeding holes in my hand.

A venomous snake in the US has 2 fangs, right?  Do they have any other teeth that would also make marks when they bite?  I just don't understand how anyone can mistake 2 fang marks from a venomous snake, with lots of teeth marks from the bite of a nonvenomous snake.

I only just recently found out what rear-fanged meant from a youtube video (and thanked the two boys with the hognose snake for the education) but no shots of venomous snakes have clearly showed me what's in their mouth.  Or maybe I just fixate on those fangs and don't see anything else!  :)

Thanks for your time, and for sharing your expertise on this web site.  It is greatly appreciated!

Take care!
Linda

Answer
Yes venomous snakes have normal teeth just like every other snake.  It's very difficult for coral snakes to envenomate adults because of their size and often have to chew on the person to actually envenomate them if they can at all and most often its int he webbing of their hands or feet.  Even when larger venomous snakes bite they will leave smaller teeth marks around the wound sometimes.  Rear fanged venomous snakes always have to chew the prey and leave many many teeth marks.