A student picked up a lizard with her bare hand for a minute, and let go of the lizard. while handling the lizard she noticed the lizard head butting her hand. she suffered swelling of that arm up to the shoulder with pain. following shortly by numbness in that arm and nausea. was the lizard a venomous or a poisonous one?

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A student picked up a lizard with her bare hand for a minute, and let go of the lizard. while handling the lizard she noticed the lizard head butting her hand. she suffered swelling of that arm up to the shoulder with pain. following shortly by numbness in that arm and nausea. was the lizard a venomous or a poisonous one?

 

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