Feeding behavior and venom toxicity of coral snake Micrurus nigrocinctus (Serpentes: Elapidae) on its natural prey in captivity

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 485-492

  Urdaneta, Aldo H ^a   Bolaños, Federico ^a   Gutiérrez, José María ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b Costa Rica ^*

Author keywords

Colubrid snake; Coral snake venom; Geophis sp.; Micrurus nigrocinctus; Myonecrosis; Natural resistance; Neurotoxicity; Ninia sp.; Venom toxicity

Indexed keywords

SNAKE VENOM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BODY REGIONS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEART; IMMOBILIZATION; INGESTION; LUNG; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; SNAKE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME OF DEATH; TOXICITY;

ANTHOZOA; BRACHYCEPHALUS; COLUBRIDAE; ELAPIDAE; GEOPHIS; MICRURUS; MICRURUS NIGROCINCTUS; NINIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 8144222740     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2004.08.018     Document Type: Article

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