"Venomous" Bites from "Non-Venomous" Snakes
Weinstein, Scott A (Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, Australia) / Warrell, David A. (Emeritus Professor of Tropical Medicine and Honorary Fellow of St Cross College, University of Oxford, UK) / Keyler, Daniel E (Co-Director of Toxicology Research, Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, University of Minnesota, USA)
>65% of living snake species (approximately 3, 000 taxa) and has recently been split into multiple families and subfamilies. Many of these snakes produce oral secretions that contain toxins and other biologically-active substances. A large variety of non-front-fanged snakes figure in the pet industry, yet little documented information or formal study of their potential medical importance has been published. Therefore, although the possible med...