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By Scott A Weinstein,David A. Warrell,Julian White,Daniel E Keyler

This ebook is the 1st major contribution to completely research the capability risks linked to snakes of the previous relatives, Colubridae. This family members contained >65% of dwelling snake species (approximately 3,000 taxa) and has lately been break up into a number of households. a lot of those snakes produce oral secretions that comprise pollution and different biologically-active components. a wide number of those snakes determine within the puppy undefined, but little documented info or formal examine in their strength clinical significance has been released. accordingly, even supposing the potential clinical significance of lots of those species has been subjected to hypothesis because the mid-nineteenth century, there's a constrained volume of important descriptive information about the true danger (or lack thereof) of snakes belonging to this assorted, man made relatives.

There is a necessity for "one-stop buying" delivering information about their attainable toxicity and scientific relevance in addition to options for clinical administration in their bites. This publication is the 1st synthesis of this information and comprises evidence-based probability overview, risk rankings and particular suggestions relating to important species, many universal in captivity.

  • Fills a niche within the toxinological, scientific and herpetological literature through offering a finished assessment of this complete assemblage of snakes, with specific awareness given to their means, genuine or rumored, to reason damage to humans
  • A patient-centered, evidence-based procedure is utilized to studying documented case reviews of bites inflicted by way of nearly a hundred species.
  • Clinical administration of medically major bites from non-front-fanged colubroids is methodically reviewed, and particular suggestions are provided

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