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Behavioral Thermoregulation in Australian Elapid Snakes

Copeia, 1980
Behavioral thermoregulation in laboratory thermal gradients was studied in seven species of Australian snakes of the Elapidae: Acanthophis antarcticus, Austrelaps superbus, Notechis scutatus, Pseudechis porphyriacus, Pseudonaja nuchalis, P. textilis and Unechis flagellum.
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Molecular cloning of serine proteases from elapid snake venoms

Toxicon, 2007
Serine proteases are widely distributed in viperid snake venoms, but rare in elapid snake venoms. Previously, we have identified a fibrinogenolytic enzyme termed OhS1 from the venom of Ophiophagus hannah. The results indicated that OhS1 might be a serine protease, but there was no structural evidence previously.
Yang, Jin, Wen-Hui, Lee, Yun, Zhang
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Conformational Properties of the Neurotoxins and Cytotoxins Isolated From Elapid Snake Venoms

Critical Reviews in Biochemistry, 1983
The review will critically assess the information available on the conformation of homologous neurotoxins and cytotoxins isolated from Elapid snakes. Particular attention will be given to the dynamics of the molecules in solution because there is the possibility that defined intramolecular rearrangements are involved at the sites of action.
R C Hider, M J Dufton
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Ecology of the Australian Elapid Snake Echiopsis curta

Journal of Herpetology, 1982
Dissection of 187 specimens provided data on body sizes, sexual size dimorphism, food habits, reproductive cycles and inferred growth rates of this small venomous snake. Adult Echiopsis curia average approximately 30 cm snout-vent length, with males and females attaining similar sizes.
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Sources of Mortality of Large Elapid Snakes in an Agricultural Landscape

Journal of Herpetology, 2000
Intuition suggests that large, dangerously venomous snakes should be relatively invulnerable to predators, but actual data on this topic are very scarce. We examined sources of mortality in two species of large elapid snakes (eastern brownsnakes, Pseudonaja textilis, and common blacksnakes, Pseudechis por- phyriacus) in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area
Patrick B. Whitaker, Richard Shine
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On the status and relationships of the Solomon Island elapid snakes

Journal of Zoology, 1970
The snakes now calledDenisonia parandD. woodfordiare considered conspecific, but generically distinct fromDenisonia(for the AustralianD. maculataandD. devisi); they are here termedSalomonelaps parand an account is presented of the considerable island‐to‐island variation in that species.
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Atlas of Elapid Snakes of Australia

Copeia, 1987
S. B. McDowell, R. Longmore
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Ecology of Australian Elapid Snakes of the Genera Furina and Glyphodon

Journal of Herpetology, 1981
fhe closely-related snake genera Furina and Glyphodon contain small to medium sized nocturnal species. Dissection of 472 specimens provided data on food habits, body sizes, clutch sizes, growth rates and seasonal schedules of reproduction. All 70 prey items recorded were scincid lizards; Furina species take small diurnal skinks (especially Lampropholis)
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Symptomatology, Pathology and Treatment of the Bites of Elapid Snakes

1979
A venomous snakebite is not always followed by evidence of envenomation and certainly is not always followed by death. Most snakebites are “startled” bites or “defensive” bites as Reid (1957) calls them and the snake frequently does not inject venom even though several human lethal doses of venom may be present in the venom glands at the time of the ...
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Arboreality in Snakes: Ecology of the Australian Elapid Genus Hoplocephalus

Copeia, 1983
species. H. bitorquatus feeds mainly on arboreal pelodryadid frogs, H. bungaroides on lizards, and H. stephensi on lizards, mice and frogs. All species are viviparous, with ovulation occurring in late spring and birth in late summer. Young at birth are large (SVL 20 cm) relative to maternal size (SVL 50 to 70 cm), and litters are small (usually 4 to 6 ...
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