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Clelia clelia
(Plate 4.12A and
B illustrate
C. occipitoleutea
;
a taxonomically problematic
species) Mussurana; Mustarangue;
Mussuvana; Moon snake; others
1
Er, H, “necrosis” {In their retrospective review,
Salomão et al. (2003) reported three bites from
Clelia
spp. without detail. These cases are not
included in the tally here. Additional data and
cases are required in order to assess potential
incidence of wound complications such as
“necrosis” as reported in this single documented
case of a bite by this species}
Chippaux (1986)
C/D
1
Clelia c. plumbea
b
(
C. plumbea
,
Zaher, 1996; Pizzatto, 2005)
Mussurana
E, H, L {Limited available information}
Pinto-Leite et al. (1991)
C/D
Chroni et al (2005); Trapp
(2007)
C/D
Coluber
(
Platyceps
, Schätti and
Monsch, 2004)
najadum
(Schmidt,
1939; Szczerbak, 2003) (Plate 4.13A-
C) Dahls' whipsnake; Ghamcheh
snake; Light green whipsnake; others
2 (2)
E, L, P (mild) “fatal progressive segmental
neuropathy
c
” {In the case published by Chroni et
al. (2005), the identity of the snake responsible
for the reported bite was not verified, and
thus it is only a presumed bite by this species.
The patient exhibited delayed pyrexia and
myalgia, and was treated with i.v. steroids and
tetanus prophylaxis. See Section 4.4 for further
comments. There is no question about the identity
of the snake in the case illustrated by Trapp
(2007) as it is shown delivering the described
bite! The bite caused only mild local edema,
and puncture wounds. There is no conclusive
evidence of any serious medical sequelae from
bites by this species}
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Continued
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