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Adults may attain a maximum total length of 2.7 m (8.9 ft). [3]Dorsally, S. pullatus is black with yellow spots which may form crossbands. The tip of the snout is yellow. The head shields may be mostly yellow, or mostly black, or crossbanded with a combination of yellow and black, but the sutures between the shields are always blac
The venom is possibly the most toxic of any Bungarus (krait) species and possibly the most toxic of any snake species in Asia, with LD 50 values of 0.09 mg/kg [62] –0.108 mg/kg SC, [34] [78] 0.113 mg/kg IV and 0.08 mg/kg IP on mice. [78] Based on several LD 50 studies, the many-banded krait is among the most venomous land snakes in the world ...
Chicken snake may refer to: Pantherophis alleghaniensis, the eastern rat snake, a nonvenomous colubrid found in North America; Pantherophis guttatus, the corn snake ...
The snake is a constrictor, and adults eat mainly endotherms while young eat mainly ectotherms. The diet includes rodents, lizards, frogs, and birds and their eggs. [26] The snakes can also eat young chickens and chicks, hence the common name chicken snake. Rat snakes are most vulnerable to predators as juveniles.
Snake bites consistent statewide, says NC Poison Control Dr. Michael Beuhler, NC Poison Control’s medical director, told The N&O that bites statewide are on par with what the group normally sees ...
“The cornerstone of therapy for snake bites is antivenom treatments, and it’s been around for about 120 years,” said Dr. Charles Gerardo, an emergency medicine specialist at Duke Health ...
The average venom yield is 25–26 milligrams (0.39–0.40 gr) with a maximum of 300 milligrams (4.6 gr) of dried venom. The venom is quite toxic. In mice, the median lethal dose (LD 50) is 1.2-1.3 mg/kg intravenous, 1.4 mg/kg intraperitoneal and 3.0 mg/kg subcutaneous. [9] The lethal dose for a 60 kg adult human is 70 mg. [10]
A new snake species, the northern green anaconda, sits on a riverbank in the Amazon's Orinoco basin. “The size of these magnificent creatures was incredible," Fry said in a news release earlier ...