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PREDATION OF Dryophylax chaquensis (SERPENTES: DIPSADIDAE) UPON Elachistocleis matogrosso AND Boana raniceps (ANURA)

Acta 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, Ibrahim Kamel Rodrigues Nehemy, Kélvin Cavalcante, Juan Fernando Cuestas Carrillo, Diego José Santana   +4 more
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Snake Venom Gland Organoids.

Cell, 2020
Wnt dependency and Lgr5 expression define multiple mammalian epithelial stem cell types. Under defined growth factor conditions, such adult stem cells (ASCs) grow as 3D organoids that recapitulate essential features of the pertinent epithelium.
Yorick Post, Jens Puschhof, J. Beumer, Harald M. I. Kerkkamp, M. D. de Bakker, Julien Slagboom, B. D. de Barbanson, Nienke R. Wevers, Xandor M. Spijkers, T. Olivier, T. Kazandjian, S. Ainsworth, C. L. Iglesias, Willine J. van de Wetering, Maria C. Heinz, Ravian L. van Ineveld, R. V. van Kleef, H. Begthel, J. Korving, Y. Bar-Ephraim, W. Getreuer, Anne C. Rios, R. Westerink, H. Snippert, Alexander van Oudenaarden, P. Peters, F. Vonk, J. Kool, M. Richardson, N. Casewell, H. Clevers   +30 more
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What Defines Different Modes of Snake Locomotion?

Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2020
Synopsis Animals move in diverse ways, as indicated in part by the wide variety of gaits and modes that have been described for vertebrate locomotion.
B. Jayne
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Identifying the snake: First scoping review on practices of communities and healthcare providers confronted with snakebite across the world

PLoS ONE, 2020
Background Snakebite envenoming is a major global health problem that kills or disables half a million people in the world’s poorest countries. Biting snake identification is key to understanding snakebite eco-epidemiology and optimizing its clinical ...
I. Bolon, A. Durso, Sara Botero Mesa, N. Ray, G. Alcoba, F. Chappuis, R. Ruiz de Castañeda   +6 more
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Dangerous snakes, deadly snakes and medically important snakes [PDF]

Journal 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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Bothrops atrox, the most important snake involved in human envenomings in the amazon: How venomics contributes to the knowledge of snake biology and clinical toxinology

Toxicon: X, 2020
Bothrops atrox snakes are mostly endemic of the Amazon rainforest and is certainly the South American pit viper responsible for most of the snakebites in the region. The composition of B.
W. Monteiro, J. Contreras-Bernal, P. Bisneto, J. Sachett, Iran Mendonça da Silva, M. Lacerda, A. Guimarães da Costa, Fernando Val, Lisele Brasileiro, M. Sartim, Sâmella Silva-de-Oliveira, P. Bernarde, I. L. Kaefer, F. Grazziotin, F. H. Wen, A. Moura-da-Silva   +15 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

Journal 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
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Venomics and Cellular Toxicity of Thai Pit Vipers (Trimeresurus macrops and T. hageni)

Toxins, 2020
The two venomous pit vipers, Trimeresurus macrops and T. hageni, are distributed throughout Thailand, although their abundance varies among different areas.
Supeecha Kumkate, Lawan Chanhome, Tipparat Thiangtrongjit, Jureeporn Noiphrom, Panithi Laoungboa, Orawan Khow, Taksa Vasaruchapong, Siravit Sitprija, Narongsak Chaiyabutr, Onrapak Reamtong   +9 more
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Endogenous asymmetric dimethylarginine accumulation contributes to the suppression of myocardial mitochondrial biogenesis in type 2 diabetic rats

Nutrition & Metabolism, 2020
Background Suppressed mitochondrial biosynthesis has been reported to be the early signal of mitochondrial dysfunction which contributes to diabetic cardiomyopathy, but the mechanism of mitochondrial biosynthesis suppression is unclear.
Yan Xiong, Chun-Xia Hai, Wei-Jin Fang, Yan-Ping Lei, Xiao-Mei Li, Xin-Ke Zhou   +5 more
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RAINMAKING THROUGH THE ROCK ART IN EAST AND SOUTH AFRICA: A COMPARISON WITH CURRENT TRADITIONAL TRIBES [PDF]

Journal of the General Union of Arab Archaeologists, 2023
[AR] رموز صناعة المطر من خلال الفن الصخري في شرق وجنوب أفريقيا: مقارنة بالقبائل البدائية الحالية تعد صناعة المطر واحدة من أهم الطقوس الحياتية منذ عصور ما قبل التاريخ لا سيما خلال العصر الحجري الحديث، وذلك بسبب تحول الطقس إلى الجاف في
Zainab Riyad
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