Plants and Animals - Section 1 - Venomous Snakes

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

• Australian Snakes
• Asian Snakes
  • Sri Lankan Snakes
• African Snakes
• North American Snakes
• Exotic Snakebite

1. Naja melanoleuca. Also available
2. Crotalus atrox. Also available
3. 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 www.toxinology.net