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Snakes and Snake Bite in Nepal [PDF]

open access: yesTropical Doctor, 1998
At Nepal's northern border with Tibet is the great Himalaya Range. capped by Mount Everest itself (8848 ni) and including four of the other eight highest mountains in the world. South of the Kathmandu Valley at the centre of the country are the lesser mountains of the Mahabharat Range and Churia Ghati Hills.
Bhetwal, BB, O'Shea, Mark, Warrell, D.A.
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Snake bite in South Asia: a review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Snake bite is one of the most neglected public health issues in poor rural communities living in the tropics. Because of serious misreporting, the true worldwide burden of snake bite is not known.
Alirol, Emilie   +14 more
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Genetic population structure of the grass snake (Natrix natrix) in human-altered landscapes in Switzerland [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Both the conversion of natural habitats to farmland and efforts at increasing the yield of existing crops contribute to a decline in biodiversity. As a consequence of land conversion, specialised species are restricted to remnants of original habitat ...
Meister, Barbara
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[News Clip: Snake]

open access: yes, 1960
Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about the new snake house that houses the 20 foot snake that ...
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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PREDATION OF Dryophylax chaquensis (SERPENTES: DIPSADIDAE) UPON Elachistocleis matogrosso AND Boana raniceps (ANURA)

open access: yesActa Biológica Colombiana, 2023
Anurans play a central role in food webs, being prey for different vertebrates, like snakes, mammals, fishes, and birds. The snakes from the tribe Tachymenini are known for their preference for preying on anurans, even different animals eventually being
Diego Gomiero Cavalheri   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A spatial and temporal assessment of human-snake conflicts in Windhoek, Namibia

open access: yesNamibian Journal of Environment, 2018
Conflict between snakes and people in urban areas is a problem Windhoek shares with many cities around the world. Surrounded by farm and natural land, the capital city of Namibia experiences regular snake occurrence in and around houses, gardens and ...
M L Hauptfleisch, F Theart
doaj   +1 more source

The primary structure of three hemoglobin chains from the indigo snake (Drymarchon corais erebennus, Serpentes): First evidence for αD chains and two β chain types in snakes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
The hemoglobin of the indigo snake (Drymarchon corais erebennus, Colubrinae) consists of two components, HbA and HbD, in the ratio of 1:1. They differ in both their alpha and beta chains.
Kleinschmidt, T.   +2 more
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On the poorly-known White-spotted Skink Lygosoma albopunctatum (Gray, 1846) (Reptilia: Scincidae) with further topotypical records and notes on the type locality

open access: yesJournal of Threatened Taxa, 2017
The White-spotted Skink Lygosoma albopunctatum, a rarely recorded lizard, has been re-sighted from its type locality: Madras in the Coromandel Coastal Plains.  Morphological details and field notes on the findings are elaborated.  Since many past surveys
S. R. Ganesh
doaj   +1 more source

Dangerous snakes, deadly snakes and medically important snakes [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2013
This correspondence argues that the dangerousness of a venomous snake species is not solely determined by the venom characteristics or the lethality of the snake, and recognizes that medical importance comprises a key variable as well. The medical importance of a snake is determined by several factors - including frequency of medical attention after a ...
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