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  2. Twig snake - Wikipedia

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    Twig snakes are among the few rear-fanged colubrids whose bite is highly venomous and potentially fatal. [4] The venom is hemotoxic, and although its effects are very slow, and bites are rare, no antivenom has been developed and several fatalities (such as Robert Mertens) have occurred.

  3. Epidemiology of snakebites - Wikipedia

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    Although sea snakes are known for extremely potent venom, about 80% of reported bites end up being dry. [65] [67] It is estimated that each year 15,000 to 75,000 fisherman are bitten by sea snakes. [68] The advent of antivenom and advances in emergency medicine have reduced fatalities to about 3% of snakebite cases. [65]

  4. Ophidia - Wikipedia

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    Modern snakes greatly diversified during the Paleocene. This occurred alongside the adaptive radiation of mammals, following the extinction of (non-avian) dinosaurs. The colubrids, one of the more common snake groups, became particularly diverse due to preying on rodents, an especially successful mammal group.

  5. Know your WA snakes: How to avoid a venomous bite, and what ...

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    The common garter snake species is often found in mountainous areas, along coasts and even in sagebrush deserts, but are most common closer to water or in gardens. Common garter snakes have bright ...

  6. Snake antivenom - Wikipedia

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    Snake antivenom is a medication made up of antibodies used to treat snake bites by venomous snakes. [1] It is a type of antivenom . It is a biological product that typically consists of venom neutralizing antibodies derived from a host animal, such as a horse or sheep.

  7. Toxicofera - Wikipedia

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    Among snake families traditionally classified as venomous, the capacity seems to have evolved to extremes more than once by parallel evolution; 'non-venomous' snake lineages have either lost the ability to produce venom (but may still have lingering venom pseudogenes) or actually do produce venom in small quantities (e.g. 'toxic saliva ...

  8. Crotalus cerastes - Wikipedia

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    Crotalus cerastes, known as the sidewinder, horned rattlesnake or sidewinder rattlesnake, [3] is a pit viper species belonging to the genus Crotalus (the rattlesnakes), and is found in the desert regions of the Southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.

  9. Snakebite - Wikipedia

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    [3] [18] The type of antivenom needed depends on the type of snake involved. [7] When the type of snake is unknown, antivenom is often given based on the types known to be in the area. [7] In some areas of the world, getting the right type of antivenom is difficult and this partly contributes to why they sometimes do not work. [3]