The deadliest snake according to ethnobiological perception of the population of the Alto Juruá region, western Brazilian Amazonia

Abstract INTRODUCTION: We examined the ethnobiological perception of the population of the Alto Juruá region about different snake species, in terms of their dangerousness and manifestations of envenomation. METHODS: We interviewed 100 villagers who were active in the forests. RESULTS: Lachesis muta...

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Published in:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Main Authors: Jessyca Lima da Silva, Ageane Mota da Siva, Gardênia Lima Gurgel do Amaral, Givanildo Pereira Ortega, Wuelton Marcelo Monteiro, Paulo Sérgio Bernarde
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2019
Subjects:
State of Acre
Snakes
Snakebites
Ophidism
Envenomation
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0305-2019
https://doaj.org/article/f177ce7a3d0b43828de2d48a446a5d85
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Summary:Abstract INTRODUCTION: We examined the ethnobiological perception of the population of the Alto Juruá region about different snake species, in terms of their dangerousness and manifestations of envenomation. METHODS: We interviewed 100 villagers who were active in the forests. RESULTS: Lachesis muta was considered the most venomous snake, and Bothrops atrox appeared to be the most feared snake species. CONCLUSIONS: The high incidence, severity, and mortality of B. atrox bites and the severity and mortality of L. muta bites were the factors that contributed to these species being perceived as the most feared and venomous snakes.

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