Differential Hematotoxic Activity of Southeast Asian Pit Viper Venoms: The Cross-Neutralizing Effect of Available Antivenoms

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  Image Credit: Creative Commons (some rights reserved) CC BY-NC Photo 111998430, (c) Nicholas Hess Differential Hematotoxic Activity of Southeast Asian Pit Viper Venoms: The Cross-Neutralizing Effect of Available Antivenoms Abstract Background/Objectives : Pit vipers (subfamily Crotalinae) are responsible for a large proportion of snakebite envenoming cases in Southeast Asia. Envenomation by these snakes commonly causes hematotoxic effects, including platelet dysfunction and coagulation disturbances. Although antivenom remains the mainstay of treatment, species-specific antivenoms are not available for several regional pit viper species. This study evaluated the hematotoxic activities of selected Southeast Asian pit viper venoms and the cross-neutralizing capacity of commercially available antivenoms.  Methods : Venoms from five medically important pit viper species— Calloselasma rhodostoma ,  Trimeresurus albolabris ,  T. hageni ,  T. purpureomaculatus , ...

Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida: Scorpiones). Part XL. Barbaracurus lowei sp. n. from Ethiopia (Buthidae)

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Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida: Scorpiones). Part XL. Barbaracurus lowei sp. n. from Ethiopia (Buthidae)

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Barbaracurus lowei sp. n. from Ethiopia is described and compared with other species of the genus, fully complemented with color photos of specimens of both sexes of the new species, as well as of their habitat. Included is a key for Barbaracurus and a map of the distribution of the genus in the Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa.

Kovařík, F., & Elmi, H. S. 2025 . Scorpions of the Horn of Africa (Arachnida: Scorpiones). Part XL. Barbaracurus lowei sp. n. from Ethiopia (Buthidae). Euscorpius, No. 417: 1-10. https://mds.marshall.edu/euscorpius/vol2025/iss417/1/