No, size doesn't mean anything. I've been bitten by a marshy. Within minutes my thumb felt so tight I could have stuck a pin in it to release swelling, next morning my whole hand was fat and sore, and right up to my elbow. It remained very sensitive to cold and no strength in my hand for a week, then it was like it all disappeared overnight. It was my fault he bit me. I was trying to peel retained shed off him and lost grip of his head. He reached round and latched onto my hand near my thumb.
Another guy on here says he has been bitten and almost died from a Marsh snake bite.