Non-front-fanged colubroid snakes: A current evidence-based analysis of medical significance

Journal article

Non-front-fanged colubroid snakes (NFFC; formerly and artificially taxonomically assembled as " colubrids" ) comprise about 70% of extant snake species and include several taxa now known to cause lethal or life threatening envenoming in humans. Although the medical risks of bites by only a handful of species have been documented, a growing number of NFFC are implicated in medically significant bites. The majority of these snakes have oral products (Duvernoy's secretions, or venoms) with unkno...

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Authors: Weinstein, SA; White, J; Keyler, D; Warrell, D

• Journal: Toxicon
• Volume: 69
• Pages: 103-113
• Publication date: 2013-07-01
• DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2013.02.003
• EISSN: 1879-3150
• ISSN: 0041-0101
• Language: English
• Keywords: Medical significance; Hazard index; " Rear-fanged"; Oral products; Venom; " Colubrid" bites