Potential envenomation by the aglyphous pseudoxyrhophiine snake Leioheterodon madagascariensis and description of its dentition

• Published in: Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Bertrand Razafimahatratra, Cynthia Wang, Akira Mori, Frank Glaw
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SciELO 2015
• Subjects: Madagascar; Lamprophiidae; Pseudoxyrhophiinae; Leioheterodon madagascariensis; Envenomation; Dentition; Microcomputed tomography; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Toxicology. Poisons; RA1190-1270; Zoology; QL1-991; Arctic; The Thumb; Thumb
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40409-015-0047-2; https://doaj.org/article/b984f042721340d7a891ba2eee83bf8a

Abstract We report on a case of potential envenomation caused by multiple bites by the aglyphous opisthodont snake Leioheterodon madagascariensis in the left thumb of a healthy adult man, which is among the most serious snakebites hitherto reported from Madagascar. The adult snake (total length >...