1834 H. McMurtrie tr. G. Cuvier (abridged ed.) 182 Serpents are divided into venomous and non-venomous.
1871 H. A. Nicholson (rev. ed.) lxiii. 431 The non-venomous and most typical Snakes.
1991 4 Feb. 56/1 Most of the 150 species to be identified are either lizards—all of which are nonvenomous—or snakes.