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.
Anjana Silva
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The oldest known snakes from the Middle Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous provide insights on snake evolution [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2015 The previous oldest known fossil snakes date from ∼100 million year old sediments (Upper Cretaceous) and are both morphologically and phylogenetically diverse, indicating that snakes underwent a much earlier origin and adaptive radiation.
Michael W Caldwell +2 more
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High prevalence and pathogenicity of Cryptosporidium serpentis in snakes in southern China [PDF]
Current Research in Parasitology and Vector-Borne DiseasesIn southern China, snakes have cultural and economic significance, serving both as traditional dietary resources and as increasingly popular pets. However, the prevalence and clinical impacts of Cryptosporidium spp.
Falei Li +4 more
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Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, 2021 Delineating species distribution comprising information on habitat suitability is vital for developing conservation strategies. Like many other snake species, Lycodon flavicollis is a poorly studied peninsular Indian endemic species known only from few ...
Sanath Krishna Muliya +7 more
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People and Nature, 2021 Research on interactions between humans and deadly snakes has focused on situations that result in high rates of snakebite; but we can also learn from cases where snakes and people coexist peacefully. For example, coastal bays near Noumea, in the Pacific
Vinay Udyawer +2 more
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Are Diet Preferences Associated to Skulls Shape Diversification in Xenodontine Snakes? [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Snakes are a highly successful group of vertebrates, within great diversity in habitat, diet, and morphology. The unique adaptations for the snake skull for ingesting large prey in more primitive macrostomatan snakes have been well documented.
Julia Klaczko +2 more
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A century of waiting: description of a new Epictia Gray, 1845 (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae) based on specimens housed for more than 100 years in the collection of the Natural History Museum Vienna (NMW) [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 We describe a new species of Epictia based on eight specimens from Nicaragua collected and housed in the collection of the Natural History Museum Vienna for more than a century.
Claudia Koch +2 more
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Parasitic helminths in snakes from the global legal trade
Helminthologia, 2021 In recent years, the demand for snakes imported from different countries around the world has increased in Slovakia. However, such snakes can be infected with a wide variety of parasites.
Halán M., Kottferová L.
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Molecular evolution of the infrared sensory gene TRPA1 in snakes and implications for functional studies. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 TRPA1 is a calcium ion channel protein recently identified as the infrared receptor in pit organ-containing snakes. Therefore, understanding the molecular evolution of TRPA1 may help to illuminate the origin of "heat vision" in snakes and reveal the ...
Jie Geng +3 more
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Grass Snakes (Natrix natrix) as a Reservoir of Alaria alata and Other Parasites
Pathogens, 2022 The aim of the study was to investigate the occurrence of Alaria alata (Goeze, 1782) in fifty-one grass snakes (Natrix natrix) collected in Gostynińsko-Włocławski Landscape Park. Each snake was tested for the presence of A.
Aneta Bełcik +9 more
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