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Not quite news and w-a-y to big to post, but you might want to access:
BMJ 2004;329:1129 (13 November), doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7475.1129
Crotaline snake bite in the Ecuadorian Amazon: randomised double blind comparative trial of three South American polyspecific antivenoms
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/329/7475/1129
I have no idea what they're trying to say ... but I'll bet you guys (girls?) do!
Cheers
I was surprised to see that bothriopsis bilineata was one of the culprits for so many bites. That, and the fact that they didn't throw c. durissus into the mix.
>>I was surprised to see that bothriopsis bilineata was one of the culprits for so many bites. That, and the fact that they didn't throw c. durissus into the mix.
You don't get C. durissus in Ecuador - that species is restricted to open habitats north and south of the Amazonian forest, and isolated savanna patches in parts of the Amazon, but not anywhere in Ecuador.
Bothrops bilineatus is indeed a pretty common species in Ecuador.
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I would have read Equador...lol. I was thinking Brazil and around that area where bothrops and durissus both have the same distribution.
I would know how to spell Ecuador.....haven't had coffee this morning.
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