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Occurrence and evolution of cannibal behaviour in extant snakes

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Extant snakes (Serpentes) are a highly diverse group of squamate reptiles, which have independently evolved key morphological adaptations to consume a large variety of vertebrate and invertebrate prey. While these predator–prey interactions have been widely addressed by several studies, little is known regarding the occurrence of cannibal ...
Bruna B. Falcão, Vinícius A. São Pedro, Omar M. Entiauspe‐Neto   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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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Conductance increases produced by bath application of cholinergic agonists to Electrophorus electroplaques [PDF]

, 1975
When solutions containing agonists are applied to the innervated face of an Electrophorus electroplaque, the membrane's conductance increases. The agonist-induced conductance is increased at more negative membrane potentials.
Changeux, Jean-Pierre, Lester, Henry A., Sheridan, Robert E.   +2 more
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Polymeric Nanoparticles for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Snakebite

Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, Volume 227, Issue 1, 15 January 2026.
Snakebite envenomation affects between 1.8 and 5.5 million people annually, many of whom suffer disabilities or even death. Current antivenoms are composed of plasma‐derived antibodies. However, there remains an underexplored opportunity to utilise polymer‐based nanoparticles.
Neil Prabhakar, Thomas Oliver, Alexander N. Baker   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Histopathological analysis and in situ localisation of Australian tiger snake venom in two clinically envenomed domestic animals [PDF]

, 2011
Objective: To assess histopathological changes in clinically envenomed tiger snake patients and identify tissue specific localisation of venom toxins using immunohistochemistry.
Balmer, L., Brown, S.G.A., Davern, K.M., Jacoby-Alner, T.E., Stephens, N., Swindells, K.   +5 more
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Snakes on Trains: Railways May Sway Goa's King Cobra Distribution

Biotropica, Volume 58, Issue 1, January 2026.
Distribution of King Cobras (Ophiophagus kaalinga) across Goa, India, shows occurrence in climatically suitable forests and, notably, also along low‐suitability railway corridors, suggesting that snakes may be accidentally transported on trains, leading to range expansion.
Dikansh S. Parmar, Dennis Rödder, Amrut Singh, Rinku Gupta, Hinrich Kaiser   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biogeography of cyclamen: an application of phyloclimatic modelling [PDF]

, 2011
© The Systematics Association 2011. Cyclamen is a genus of popular garden plant, protected by Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) legislation.
Culham, Alastair, Yesson, Chris
core  

Threats of future climate change and land use to vulnerable tree species native to Southern California [PDF]

, 2014
Climate and land-use changes are expected to drive high rates of environmental change and biodiversity loss in Mediterranean ecosystems this century. This paper compares the relative future impacts of land use and climate change on two vulnerable tree ...
Gillespie, TW, Jenerette, GD, Pataki, DE, Pincetl, SS, Pitcher, L, Riordan, EC   +5 more
core   +3 more sources

Quaternary Habitat Fluctuations and Demographic Dynamics in Turtles Inferred From Environmental Niche Modelling and Whole Genome Data

Molecular Ecology Resources, Volume 25, Issue 8, November 2025.
ABSTRACT Quaternary climatic fluctuations had a substantial influence on ecosystems, species distribution, phenology and genetic diversity, driving extinction, adaptation and demographic shifts during glacial periods and postglacial expansions. Integration of genomic data and environmental niche modelling can provide valuable insights on how organisms ...
Marcella Sozzoni, Jennifer Balacco, Massimo Bellavita, Anna Brüniche‐Olsen, Giulio Formenti, Nivesh Jain, Bonhwang Koo, Jacquelyn Mountcastle, Marc Palmada‐Flores, Vladimir Trifonov, Guido Chelazzi, Sara Fratini, Erich D. Jarvis, Chiara Natali, Davide Nespoli, Claudio Ciofi, Alessio Iannucci   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source