Toxins from Bothrops venoms targeting hemostasis are responsible for a broad range of
clinical and biological syndromes including local and systemic bleeding, incoagulability …

Snakes of the Philodryadini tribe are included in the Dipsadidae family, which is a diverse
group of rear-fanged snakes widespread in different ecological conditions, including …

Background Snake venoms can exhibit remarkable inter-and intraspecific variation. While
diverse ecological and environmental factors are theorised to explain this variation, only a …

The socioeconomic impact of snakebites in India is largely attributed to a subset of snake
species commonly known as the 'big four'. However, envenoming by a range of other …

Snake venoms harbor a wide and diverse array of enzymatic and nonenzymatic toxic
components, allowing them to exert myriad effects on their prey. However, they appear to …

Background The rapid development of sequencing technologies resulted in a wide
expansion of genomics studies using venomous lineages. This facilitated research focusing …

Differences in snake venom composition occur across all taxonomic levels and it has been
argued that this variation represents an adaptation that has evolved to facilitate the capture …

Despite being famous as 'the king'of the snake world, the king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)
has remained a mysterious species, particularly with respect to its venom ecology. In …

Phospholipases A2 (PLA2s) are a large family of snake toxins manifesting diverse biological
effects, which are not always related to phospholipolytic activity. Snake venom PLA2s …

Among the medically most important snakes in the world, the species belonging to the
genus Daboia have been attributed to the highest number of human envenomings, deaths …