HI all
I went to my friends shop this afternoon and decided that I wanted to wat new in the shop so when I saw these guys I went crazy.
These are still some of my favourite snakes so if all goes as planned I will b buying them 2morrow!!!
Bites from A.bilineatus have caused human fatalities (Bogert and Oliver, 1945), but envenomation by this species has not been reported in detail. According to one report, one of six cases required amputation. Loveridge (1928a) reported that a horse bitten by this species in Oaxoca, Mexico, died within 20 minutes, and Rodas (1938) reported that a Guatemalan horse died less than an hour after being bitten by an individual 25cm in total length….
Alvarex del toro (1983) described the frightening effects of the potent proteolytic venom, which causes extensive local necrosis and destroys blood vessels, leading in some cases to death or loss of limbs. Solorzano et al. (1999) reported that the venom elevates hemorrhagic, hemolytic, and myotoxic activities. A snake from the Yucatan Peninsula only 30cm in TL was reported to have caused the death of a women within a few hours (Gaige, 1936).
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