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The Backbone of Regionalisation: Refining Axial Regionalisation Through 3D Morphometric Sampling Strategies on Elapid Snakes

Journal of Morphology, Volume 287, Issue 8, August 2026.
Using 3D geometric morphometrics on every precaudal vertebra from 12 elapid snakes, this study used segmented linear regression to test regionalisation. The results show a five‐region model is best supported, including short cervical and lumbar regions and a strong heart‐aligned boundary at approximately 20% of the pre‐caudal column.
Ammresh, Marco Camaiti, Jane Melville, Alistair Evans, Emma Sherratt   +4 more
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Investigating Snake-Venom-Induced Dermonecrosis and Inflammation Using an Ex Vivo Human Skin Model

Toxins
Snakebite envenoming is a neglected tropical disease that causes >100,000 deaths and >400,000 cases of morbidity annually. Despite the use of mouse models, severe local envenoming, defined by morbidity-causing local tissue necrosis, remains poorly ...
Jaffer Alsolaiss, Gail Leeming, Rachael Da Silva, Nessrin Alomran, Nicholas R. Casewell, Abdulrazaq G. Habib, Robert A. Harrison, Cassandra M. Modahl   +7 more
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Engineering Antivenom: Research Progress and Future Directions in Snakebite Envenoming Therapy

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 1562, Issue 1, August 2026.
Snakebite envenoming therapy is evolving from plasma‐derived antivenoms toward rationally engineered therapeutics. Advances in toxicovenomics, structural biology, antibody engineering, computational protein design, recombinant expression, small‐molecule inhibitors, and diagnostics are enabling toxin‐centric development of safer, more effective, and ...
Andreas H. Laustsen
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Micruroides euryxanthus AND OTHER ELAPIDS

, 2021
COMPARISONS BETWEEN M. EURYXANTHUS AND OTHER ELAPIDS None of the karyotypes reported for elapids from the New World represents the ancestral karyotype in all details (2 n = 36, with 16 macrochromosomes and 20 microchromosomes). However, the karyotype of M.
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Elapid Snake Venom Analyses Show the Specificity of the Peptide Composition at the Level of Genera Naja and Notechis

Toxins, 2014
Elapid snake venom is a highly valuable, but till now mainly unexplored, source of pharmacologically important peptides. We analyzed the peptide fractions with molecular masses up to 10 kDa of two elapid snake venoms—that of the African cobra, N.
Aisha Munawar, Maria Trusch, Dessislava Georgieva, Diana Hildebrand, Marcel Kwiatkowski, Henning Behnken, Sönke Harder, Raghuvir Arni, Patrick Spencer, Hartmut Schlüter, Christian Betzel   +10 more
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Bioinformatics‐Driven Design and Evaluation of Recombinant Multi‐Epitope Immunogens Derived From Snake Venom Toxins as Potential Antivenom Candidates

Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics, Volume 94, Issue 7, Page 1403-1426, July 2026.
ABSTRACT Snakebite envenomation is a major public health concern, particularly in low‐ and middle‐income regions where access to safe and effective antivenoms is limited. Traditional antivenoms, derived from immunization with crude venom, often trigger adverse reactions and lack specificity against key venom components.
Hanan Maoz, Amir Elalouf
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Inflammation induced by snake venoms optimizes envenomation

The Journal of Physiology, Volume 604, Issue 14, Page 5831-5852, 15 July 2026.
Abstract figure legend Schematic illustrating mechanisms underlying direct vascular absorption and subsequent movement of venom toxins into the tissues consequent to snakebite. A, snakebite into prey deposits venom toxins into the tissue interstitium, with the venom then causing acute inflammation primarily in venules.
Dirk F. van Helden, Neil Spratt, Peter J. Dosen, Sally A. McFadden, John Holdsworth, Daniel J Beard, Kirsten Coupland, Phillip Jobling, Todd A. Hardy, Derek R. Laver   +9 more
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Snakebites in Cameroon by Species Whose Effects Are Poorly Described

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
Snakes responsible for bites are rarely identified, resulting in a loss of information about snakebites from venomous species whose venom effects are poorly understood.
Jean-Philippe Chippaux, Yoann Madec, Pierre Amta, Rodrigue Ntone, Gaëlle Noël, Pedro Clauteaux, Yap Boum, Armand S. Nkwescheu, Fabien Taieb   +8 more
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Polyamines as Snake Toxins and Their Probable Pharmacological Functions in Envenomation

Toxins, 2016
While decades of research have focused on snake venom proteins, far less attention has been paid to small organic venom constituents. Using mostly pooled samples, we surveyed 31 venoms (six elapid, six viperid, and 19 crotalid) for spermine, spermidine ...
Steven D. Aird, Alejandro Villar Briones, Michael C. Roy, Alexander S. Mikheyev   +3 more
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A Novel Vertebrate Prey Item of the Bicycle Dragon (Ctenophorus cristatus), with a Systematic Review of Ctenophorus Dragon (Lacertilia: Agamidae) Diets

Austral Ecology, Volume 51, Issue 6, June 2026.
A bicycle dragon (Ctenophorus cristatus) consumes a Jan's banded snake (Simoselaps bertholdi) near the Gawler Ranges National Park in South Australia. This observation is unusual because vertebrate prey make up a vanishingly small portion of the Ctenophorus dragon diet.
Daniel Hoops
wiley   +1 more source