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Southwestern Center for Herpetological Research

Venom Composition-Proatheris superciliaris

1Vipera Jul 01, 2003 03:10 AM

I was wondering what components the Venom of P.superciliaris is made up of,BGF I heard you took a look at it recently.
Can you tell me more about it?
Greetings,Dennis Kollarits

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BGF Jul 01, 2003 05:18 AM

Its similar to Atheris in its ability to absolutely hammer the blood chemistry. However it doesn't have any neurotoxicity, unlike the Atheris squamiger venom we looked at which was actually quite reasonably neurotoxic.

Antivenom is anyone's guess. I've heard Echis antivenom batted around as a possible cross-reactivity match for Atheris (and by implication Proatheris) but haven't seen any data yet to support this.

Very neat snakes but snappy little b@stards!

Cheers
BGF

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