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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Prevalence of Gastrointestinal Parasitic Infections in Captive Snakes, Bangladesh [PDF]
Veterinary Medicine and ScienceBackground Gastrointestinal (GI) parasitic infections are a common health concern in captive snakes, potentially affecting their well‐being. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and associated risk factors of helminth and protozoan infections in ...
Nazmul Hasan +7 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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Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2021 Ophidiophobia (snake phobia) is one of the most common specific phobias. It has been proposed that specific phobia may have an evolutionary origin, and that attentional bias to specific items may promote the onset of phobia.
Ha Trong Dinh +13 more
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Ultrasonographic characterization of the organs in the middle third and caudal coelomic cavity of snakes in the Boidae Family [PDF]
Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 2021 : The aim of this study was the ultrasonographic evaluation of the organs in the middle third and caudal coelomic cavity of healthy snakes in the Boidae family.
Nathana B. Martins +6 more
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