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(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Plate 4.16
(A-D) Green or western whipsnake (
Hierophis viridiflavus
).
A former
member of the genus
Coluber
, this common fast-moving species feeds on a generalized diet
consisting of lizards, small mammals, nestling birds, and amphibians. There is a single case of
neuropathy dubiously assigned to a bite by this species. The patient's illness was very likely
due to a far more common etiology (see Section 4.4;
Table 4.1
).
Plate 4.16A-C, Tuscany, Italy, photos copyright to Wolfgang Wüster; Plate 4.16D, photo
copyright to Maik Dobiey.
(A)
(B)
Plate 4.17
(A and B) Road guarder, guardo camino (
Conophis lineatus
).
Several reports
have described mild local effects from bites by this species. One case was erringly ascribed
to the Central American blood snake,
Stenorrhina freminvillei
. This was later corrected via
examination of the photo accompanying the original report, and the case report re-assigned to
C. lineatus
(see text).
Photos copyright to Maik Dobiey.
