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Spatial Structure Explains Morphological Variation Better Than Climatic Gradients in the South American Rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus) [PDF]

Ecol Evol
We evaluated whether climatic gradients or spatial structure better explain body size variation in the South American rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus) across its wide geographic range. After explicitly accounting for spatial autocorrelation, climatic variables were not significant predictors of body size in either sex, whereas sex‐specific spatial ...
Otani M, Costa H, Zawadzki C, Santana D.
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Actions of Crotalus durissus terrificus venom and crotoxin on the isolated rat kidney [PDF]

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 2001
Many studies have reported the occurrence of lethal acute renal failure after snakebites. The aim of the present investigation was to determine alterations in renal function produced by Crotalus durissus terrificus venom and crotoxin as well as the ...
H.S.A. Monteiro, I.M.S.C. da Silva, A.M.C. Martins, M.C. Fonteles   +3 more
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Crotalus durissus Linnaeus 1758 [PDF]

, 2014
Crotalus durissus (Linnaeus, 1758) “Cascavel” (Figs. 10.6 and 23.2) It occurs throughout the Caatinga, from sea level to 1,100 m elevation. It is a typical snake of open areas, with a very wide range along South America. It is also distributed in Cerrado, Pantanal, and Pampas (Cechin 1999; Lema 2002a; Marques et al. 2005; Bérnils et al.
Guedes, Thaís B., Nogueira, Cristiano, Marques, Otavio A. V.   +2 more
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Liver dysfunction in patients bitten by Crotalus durissus terrificus (Laurenti, 1768) snakes in Botucatu (State of São Paulo, Brazil) Alterações hepáticas em doentes picados por serpentes Crotalus durissus terrificus (Laurenti, 1768) na região de Botucatu, Estado de São Paulo, Brasil [PDF]

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 1995
Thirty-two patients bitten by venomous snakes sixteen by Bothrops spp. and sixteen by Crotalus durissus terrificus were studied. The group comprised thirty males and two females, aged eight to sixty-three years (mean 33±15).
Benedito Barra Viera, Kunie Yabuki Rabello Coelho, Paulo Roberto Curi, Domingos Alves Meira   +3 more
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Crotamine in Crotalus durissus: distribution according to subspecies and geographic origin, in captivity or nature [PDF]

Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2020
Background: Crotalus durissus is considered one of the most important species of venomous snakes in Brazil, due to the high mortality of its snakebites. The venom of Crotalus durissus contains four main toxins: crotoxin, convulxin, gyroxin and crotamine.
Lídia J. Tasima, Caroline Serino-Silva, Daniela M. Hatakeyama, Erika S. Nishiduka, Alexandre K. Tashima, Sávio S. Sant’Anna, Kathleen F. Grego, Karen de Morais-Zani, Anita M. Tanaka-Azevedo   +8 more
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Evaluation of systemic inflammatory response and lung injury induced by Crotalus durissus cascavella venom. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2020
This study investigated the systemic inflammatory response and mechanism of pulmonary lesions induced by Crotalus durissus cascavella venom in murine in the state of Bahia.
Elen Azevedo, Ricardo Gassmann Figueiredo, Roberto Vieira Pinto, Tarsila de Carvalho Freitas Ramos, Geraldo Pedral Sampaio, Rebeca Pereira Bulhosa Santos, Marcos Lázaro da Silva Guerreiro, Ilka Biondi, Soraya Castro Trindade   +8 more
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Local and systemic effects caused by Crotalus durissus terrificus, Crotalus durissus collilineatus, and Crotalus durissus cascavella snake venoms in swiss mice [PDF]

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2019
INTRODUCTION: Crotalus envenomations cause serious complications and can be fatal without appropriate treatment. Venom isoforms present and inter/intraspecific variations in the venom composition can result in different symptoms presented by bites by ...
Letícia Helena de Carvalho, Leda Fabiélen Teixeira, Kayena Delaix Zaqueo, Jéssica Felix Bastos, Neriane Monteiro Nery, Sulamita Silva Setúbal, Adriana Silva Pontes, Diana Butzke, Walter Cavalcante, Marcia Gallacci, Carla Freire Celedônio Fernandes, Rodrigo Guerino Stabeli, Andreimar Martins Soares, Juliana Pavan Zuliani   +13 more
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Is the population of Crotalus durissus (Serpentes, Viperidae) expanding in Brazil? [PDF]

Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2013
Crotalus durissus are found from Mexico to northern Argentina in a highly disjunct distribution. According to some studies, this species is prone to occupy areas disturbed by human activities and floods comprise a plausible method of dispersal as ...
Marcelo Ribeiro Duarte, Frederico Alcântara Menezes   +1 more
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Bioaffinity Fishing Procedure Using Secretory Phospholipase A2 for Screening for Bioactive Components: Modulation of Pharmacological Effect Induced by sPLA2 from Crotalus durissus terrificus by Hispidulin from Moquiniastrum floribundum [PDF]

Molecules, 2020
Bioaffinity capturing of molecules allows the discovery of bioactive compounds and decreases the need for various stages in the natural compound isolation process.
Adeilso Bispo dos Santos Junior, Cinthia I. Tamayose, Marcelo J. P. Ferreira, Mariana N. Belchor, Caroline R. C. Costa, Marcos Antonio de Oliveira, Marcos Hikari Toyama   +6 more
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Histopathological evaluation in experimental envenomation of dogs with Crotalus durissus terrificus venom [PDF]

Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2008
The present work evaluated histopathological aspects in experimental envenomation of dogs with Crotalus durissus terrificus venom. Twenty-eight mixed breed adult dogs were divided into three groups of seven animals each: Group I - only venom; Group II ...
F. Sangiorgio, M. Sakate, R. M. B. Nogueira, R. A. Tostes   +3 more
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