I will show you my faith by my actions. Rich people who see a brother or sister in need, yet close their hearts against them, cannot claim that they love God. We agreed that Barnabas and I would work among the Gentiles and they among the Jews. All they asked was that we should remember the needy in their group, which is the very thing I have been eager to do. As to what type of snake it was, the text does not tell us, nor does the text tell us whether the snake was poisonous.
Commentators generally point out that there are no poisonous snakes native to Malta.
Most assume that the snake was a Coronella Austriaka , which is native to Malta. That type of snake bites through and does cling to its victim, but it is not poisonous.