ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ELAPID
From New Latin Elapidae, from Medieval Greek elaps, elops a fish, sea serpent; perhaps related to Greek lepis scale.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ELAPID»
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Elapid Venoms—Advances in Research and Application: 2012 ...
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Venom Expenditure by Viperid and
Elapid Snakes: Mechanisms, ...
In this dissertation, I examined some of the factors that influence venom expenditure by viperid and elapid snakes in both predatory and defensive contexts.
Shelton Scott Herbert, 2007
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Harwood-Nuss' Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine
Coral snakes are the only native North American snakes belonging to the elapid
family. These brightly colored snakes are known for the potency of their venom.
Fortunately, these snakes are usually small, nocturnal, and retiring, so few bites ...
Allan B. Wolfson, Gregory W. Hendey, Louis J. Ling, 2009
These neurotoxins cause a flaccid paralysis which is blocked by d- tubocurarine.
Cholinergic neurons in the mammalian central nervous system bind elapid
neurotoxins without functional impairment in neural transmission (19,61,73,76).
Kenneth Blum, L. Manzo, 1985
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Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species
Shine, R. (1977a) Reproduction in Australian elapid snakes. 2. Female
reproductive cycles. Australian Journal of Zoology, Melbourne 25(4), 655–666,
illust. Shine, R. (1977b) Habitats, diets, and sympatry in snakes, a study from
Australia.
Van Wallach, Kenneth L. Williams, Jeff Boundy, 2014
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Neurotoxins in Neurobiology
6. Muscarinic. toxins. from. the. venom. of. elapid. snakes. Diana Jerusalinsky,
Sonia Raskovsky, Edgar Kornisiuk, Ramon Bernabeu and Carlos Cervenansky*
Instituto de Biologia Celular, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires
, ...
Keith F. Tipton, Federico Dajas, 1994
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Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia
The venoms of most Australian elapid snakes are largely neurotoxic (nerve
affecting) in their effects, although other components may be significant (see
discussion of snake venom and snakebite, p. 29. Traditionally, Australian
proteroglyph ...
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Lewis' Dictionary of Toxicology
Ib: any snake of the family Elapidae (e.g., cobras, kraits, coral snakes, and
mambas). Cf. elapine. elapid venom poisoning, that due to envenoma- tion by
elapid snakes, a human victim may feel pain within 10 minutes; systemic effects
within 30 ...
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Emergency Medicine Simulation Workbook: A Tool for Bringing ...
Two types of snakes are clinically relevant: crotaline and elapid snakes. ... Elapid.
snakes. (coral. snakes). ' Increased vascular permeability. ' Neurotoxicity without
local injury: 0 Alteration of acetylcholine function (release and binding).
Traci L. Thoureen, Sara B. Scott, 2012
Gorchek spun on the elapid, diving under the sword swing and coming up under
his guard. It hissed at him, opened its mouth wide and shot forward, trying to sink
its fangs into the clansman. But Gorchek was faster and grabbed the elapid's ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ELAPID»
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Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 vs Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 – Which is …
However a unique process unit within the variety of a 1.7 GC twin core elapid snake C.P.U, whereas each devices go with 8 GB storage ... «REM, Nov 14»
Rare coral snake sighting in Clayton
The shy member of the elapid family of snakes (which includes cobras and kraits) is most notable by its brilliant red, yellow and black banding. «Dothan Eagle, Nov 14»
Sunshine Coast beach swamped with sea snakes
Sea snakes, also known as coral reef snakes are venomous elapid snakes that inhabit marine environments for most or all of their lives. «Daily Mail, Sep 14»
Teenager addicted to snake venom arrested in Kerala
But given its description it is suspected to be from the drysdalia species of the elapid family of venomous snakes. Mr. Suresh said the disclosure ... «The Hindu, Aug 14»
Suburban dugites and bobtails come under the microscope
"They are also quite different; the dugite is a highly venomous elapid snake responsible for human deaths, and the bobtail is an omnivorous, ... «Phys.Org, Jul 14»
Evolution and venomous snakes: Diet distinguishes look-alikes on …
"We found that the morphologies of Australia elapid snakes have evolved into the same types of body forms seen across a much more diverse ... «Phys.Org, Jun 14»
Assessing, Treating and Preventing Snake Envenomation
North American elapid snakes (from the family Elapidae), such as the coral snake, have a neurotoxic venom designed to paralyze and kill prey. The venom ... «JEMS.com, Jun 14»
Oldest Fossil of Modern African Venomous Snake Unearthed in …
This fossil is strong evidence that elapid snakes that include cobras, kraits and sea snakes were present in Africa. Like Us on Facebook ... «Science World Report, Mar 14»
Researchers find oldest fossil evidence of modern African …
The newly discovered fossils demonstrate that elapid snakes—such as cobras, kraits and sea snakes—were present in Africa as early as 25 ... «Phys.Org, Mar 14»
Why are some snakes so venomous?
Like all elapid snakes, the common ancestor of modern Australian species would have possessed a sophisticated venom system capable of ... «The Conversation, Mar 14»
