Link to [[:wikitox:problems_for_discussion_4_snakes|Problems for Discussion]]

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====== Plants and Animals - Section 1 - Venomous Snakes ======


===== GENERAL PRINCIPLES =====

==== Objectives ====

  * Describe the mechanisms of tissue damage, neurological effects and coagulopathy
  * Detail the appropriate first aid for snake bites.
  * Recognise important taxonology terms

  * [[:wikitox:australian_snakes|Australian Snakes]]
  *  [[:wikitox:2.3.5.3.1_south_east_asian_snakes|Asian Snakes]]
      * [[:wikitox:sri_lankan_snakes|Sri Lankan Snakes]]
  * African Snakes
  * North American Snakes
  * [[:wikitox:exotic_snakebite|Exotic Snakebite]]


==== References ====

  - Naja melanoleuca. [[http://zoobase.toxinology.net/Exotic%20Snake%20Protocols/ESBP-Naja-melanoleuca.pdf|Also available]]
  - Crotalus atrox. [[http://zoobase.toxinology.net/Exotic%20Snake%20Protocols/ESBP-Crot-atrox.pdf|Also available]]
  - Hung DZ, Wu ML, Deng JF, Lin-Shiau SY. Russell’s viper snakebite in Taiwan: differences from other Asian countries. Toxicon 2002;40:1291-8

See also [[http://www.toxinology.net/|www.toxinology.net]]