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Venomous snake

Index Venomous snake

Venomous snakes are species of the suborder Serpentes that are capable of producing venom, which is used primarily for immobilizing prey and defense mostly via mechanical injection by fangs. [1]

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Acalyptophis

Acalyptophis is a genus of sea snake, containing a single species, Acalyptophis peronii, commonly known as the spiny-headed seasnake, Peron's sea snake, or the horned sea snake, endemic to the western tropical Pacific Ocean.

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Acanthophis

Acanthophis is a genus of elapid snakes.

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Agkistrodon

Agkistrodon is a genus of venomous pit vipers found in North America from the United States south to northern Costa Rica.

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Aipysurus duboisii

Aipysurus duboisii, also known as the Dubois' sea snake or reef shallows sea snake, is a species of venomous sea snake.

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Atractaspidinae

The Atractaspidinae are a family of snakes found in Africa and the Middle East, commonly called mole vipers, stiletto snakes, or burrowing asps.

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Australia Zoo

Australia Zoo is a zoo located in the Australian state of Queensland on the Sunshine Coast near Beerwah/Glass House Mountains.

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Australian Academy of Science

The Australian Academy of Science was founded in 1954 by a group of distinguished Australians, including Australian Fellows of the Royal Society of London.

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Australian Museum

The Australian Museum is the oldest museum in Australia, with an international reputation in the fields of natural history and anthropology.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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Big Four (Indian snakes)

The four venomous snake species responsible for causing the greatest number of medically significant human snake bite cases on the Indian Subcontinent (mostly in India) are sometimes collectively referred to as the Big Four.

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Bitis

Bitis is a genus of venomous vipers found in Africa and the southern Arabian Peninsula.

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Black mamba

The black mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis) is a highly venomous snake endemic to parts of sub-Saharan Africa.

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Black-banded sea krait

The black-banded sea krait, or Chinese sea snake (Laticauda semifasciata), known in Japan as erabu umi hebi (ja:エラブウミヘビ), and Okinawa as the irabu, is a member of the Laticauda genus of sea snakes.

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Boomslang

The boomslang (or; Dispholidus typus) is a large, venomous snake in the family Colubridae.

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Bothrops

Bothrops is a genus of pit vipers endemic to Central and South America.

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Bovine serum albumin

Bovine serum albumin (also known as BSA or "Fraction V") is a serum albumin protein derived from cows.

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Bungarus

Bungarus is a genus of venomous elapid snakes, the kraits ("krait" is pronounced, rhyming with "kite"), found in South and Southeast Asia.

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Cardiac muscle cell

Cardiac muscle cells or cardiomyocytes (also known as myocardiocytes or cardiac myocytes) are the muscle cells (myocytes) that make up the cardiac muscle (heart muscle).

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Cell culture

Cell culture is the process by which cells are grown under controlled conditions, generally outside their natural environment.

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Coastal taipan

The coastal taipan (Oxyuranus scutellatus), or common taipan, is a species of large, extremely venomous snake in the family Elapidae.

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Colubridae

Colubridae (from Latin coluber, snake) is a family of snakes.

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Convergent evolution

Convergent evolution is the independent evolution of similar features in species of different lineages.

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Crotalus

Crotalus is a genus of venomous pit vipers in the family Viperidae.

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Eastern brown snake

The eastern brown snake (Pseudonaja textilis), often referred to as the common brown snake, is an extremely venomous snake of the family Elapidae, native to eastern and central Australia and southern New Guinea.

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Echis

Echis (common names: saw-scaled vipers, carpet vipersSpawls S, Branch B. 1995. The Dangerous Snakes of Africa. Dubai: Ralph Curtis Books. Oriental Press. 192 pp..) is a genus of venomous vipers found in the dry regions of Africa, the Middle East, Pakistan, India, and Sri Lanka.

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Elapidae

The Elapidae (ἔλλοψ éllops, "sea-fish") are a family of venomous snakes found in the tropics and subtropics around the world, with terrestrial forms in Asia, Australia, Africa, North America, and South America as well as marine forms in the Pacific and Indian oceans.

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Encyclopædia Britannica

The Encyclopædia Britannica (Latin for "British Encyclopaedia"), published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia.

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Enhydrina schistosa

Enhydrina schistosa, commonly known as the beaked sea snake, (වාලක්කඩියා), hook-nosed sea snake, common sea snake, or the Valakadyn sea snake, is a highly venomous species of sea snake common throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific.

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Family (biology)

In biological classification, family (familia, plural familiae) is one of the eight major taxonomic ranks; it is classified between order and genus.

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Fang

A fang is a long, pointed tooth.

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Garter snake

Garter snake (in addition to ribbon snake) is a common name for the nearly harmless, small to medium-sized snakes belonging to the genus Thamnophis.

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Hydrophiinae

The Hydrophiinae, commonly known as sea snakes or coral reef snakes, are a subfamily of venomous elapid snakes that inhabit marine environments for most or all of their lives.

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Hydrophis belcheri

Hydrophis belcheri, commonly known as the faint-banded sea snake or Belcher's sea snake, is an extremely venomous species of elapid sea snake.

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Inland taipan

The inland taipan (Oxyuranus microlepidotus), also commonly known as the western taipan, the small-scaled snake, or the fierce snake,White, Julian (November 1991).

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Intramuscular injection

Intramuscular (also IM or im) injection is the injection of a substance directly into muscle.

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Intraperitoneal injection

Intraperitoneal injection or IP injection is the injection of a substance into the peritoneum (body cavity).

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Intravenous therapy

Intravenous therapy (IV) is a therapy that delivers liquid substances directly into a vein (intra- + ven- + -ous).

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Jamie Seymour

Jamie Seymour is an Australian toxinologist.

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King cobra

The king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah), also known as the hamadryad, is a venomous snake species in the family Elapidae, endemic to forests from India through Southeast Asia.

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List of venomous animals

Numerous animal species naturally produce chemical toxins which are used to kill or incapacitate prey or as a defense against predators.

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Mamba

Mambas are fast-moving venomous snakes of the genus Dendroaspis (which literally means "tree asp") in the family Elapidae.

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Many-banded krait

The many-banded krait (Bungarus multicinctus), also known as the Taiwanese krait or the Chinese krait, is a highly venomous species of elapid snake found in much of central and southern China and Southeast Asia.

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Micrurus

Micrurus is a genus of venomous coral snakes of the family Elapidae.

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Naja

Naja is a genus of venomous elapid snakes known as cobras.

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National Geographic (U.S. TV channel)

National Geographic (formerly National Geographic Channel and also commercially abbreviated and trademarked as Nat Geo or Nat Geo TV) is an American digital cable and satellite television network that is owned by National Geographic Partners, majority-owned by 21st Century Fox with the remainder owned by the National Geographic Society.

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Order (biology)

In biological classification, the order (ordo) is.

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Oregon

Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region on the West Coast of the United States.

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Parallel evolution

Parallel evolution is the development of a similar trait in related, but distinct, species descending from the same ancestor, but from different clades.

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Pit viper

The Crotalinae, commonly known as pit vipers,Mehrtens JM.

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Poisonous amphibian

Poisonous amphibians are amphibians that produce toxins to defend themselves from predators.

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Predation

Predation is a biological interaction where a predator (a hunting animal) kills and eats its prey (the organism that is attacked).

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Pseudogene

Pseudogenes are segments of DNA that are related to real genes.

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Pseudonaja

Pseudonaja is a genus of venomous elapid snakes native to Australia.

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Reptile Gardens

Reptile Gardens is an animal park located south of Rapid City, South Dakota on the road to Mount Rushmore National Memorial.

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Reptiles (magazine)

Based in Irvine, California, Reptiles magazine is a North American magazine dedicated to the reptile and amphibian pet hobby, specializing in the keeping and breeding of these animals.

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Rhabdophis

Rhabdophis is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae.

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Rodent

Rodents (from Latin rodere, "to gnaw") are mammals of the order Rodentia, which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws.

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Rough-skinned newt

The rough-skinned newt or roughskin newt (Taricha granulosa) is a North American newt known for the strong toxin exuded from its skin.

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Russell's viper

Russell's viper (Daboia russelii) is a species of venomous snake in the family Viperidae.

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Saline (medicine)

Saline, also known as saline solution, is a mixture of sodium chloride in water and has a number of uses in medicine.

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Saliva

Saliva is a watery substance formed in the mouths of animals, secreted by the salivary glands.

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Snake

Snakes are elongated, legless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes.

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Snake venom

Snake venom is highly modified saliva containing zootoxins which facilitates the immobilization and digestion of prey, and defense against threats.

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Snakebite

A snakebite is an injury caused by the bite of a snake, especially a venomous snake.

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Species

In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank, as well as a unit of biodiversity, but it has proven difficult to find a satisfactory definition.

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Steve Irwin

Stephen Robert Irwin (22 February 1962 – 4 September 2006), nicknamed "The Crocodile Hunter", was an Australian zookeeper, conservationist and television personality.

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Struan Sutherland

Struan Keith Sutherland AO (17 June 193611 January 2002) was an Australian medical researcher who developed effective antivenoms and other treatments for people bitten or stung by venomous Australian wildlife.

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Subcutaneous injection

A subcutaneous injection is administered as a bolus into the subcutis, the layer of skin directly below the dermis and epidermis, collectively referred to as the cutis.

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Taipan

The taipans are snakes of the genus Oxyuranus in the elapid family.

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Taxonomy (biology)

Taxonomy is the science of defining and naming groups of biological organisms on the basis of shared characteristics.

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Tiger snake

Tiger snakes are a venomous snake species found in the southern regions of Australia, including its coastal islands, such as Tasmania.

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Toxic bird

Toxic birds are birds that use toxins to defend themselves from predators.

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Toxicofera

Toxicofera (Greek for "those who bear toxins") is a proposed clade of scaled reptiles (squamates) that includes the Serpentes (snakes), Anguimorpha (monitor lizards, gila monster, and alligator lizards) and Iguania (iguanas, agamas, and chameleons).

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Toxicon

Toxicon is a peer-reviewed scientific journal of toxinology and the official journal of the International Society on Toxinology.

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University of Arizona

The University of Arizona (also referred to as U of A, UA, or Arizona) is a public research university in Tucson, Arizona.

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University of Florida

The University of Florida (commonly referred to as Florida or UF) is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university on a campus in Gainesville, Florida.

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University of Melbourne

The University of Melbourne is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia.

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University of Sydney

The University of Sydney (informally, USyd or USYD) is an Australian public research university in Sydney, Australia.

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Venomoid

A venomoid is a venomous snake that has undergone a surgical procedure to remove or inhibit the production of snake venom.

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Venomous fish

Venomous fish produce a strong toxin harmful to humans (called venom) which they deliver by means of a bite, sting, or stab.

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Venomous mammal

Venomous mammals are animals of the class Mammalia that produce venom, which they use to kill or disable prey, to defend themselves from predators or conspecifics or in agnostic encounters.

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Viperidae

The Viperidae (vipers) is a family of venomous snakes found in most parts of the world, excluding Antarctica, Australia, New Zealand, Madagascar, Hawaii, various other isolated islands, and north of the Arctic Circle.

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Viperinae

The Viperinae, or viperines, are a subfamily of venomous vipers endemic to Europe, Asia and Africa.

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Yellow-bellied sea snake

Hydrophis platurus, commonly known as the yellow-bellied sea snake, yellowbelly sea snake or pelagic sea snake, is a species of snake from the subfamily Hydrophiinae (the sea snakes) found in tropical oceanic waters around the world, excluding the Atlantic Ocean.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venomous_snake

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