TY - BOOK ID - 108040974 TI - "Venomous" bites from non-venomous snakes PY - 2011 SN - 9780123877321 0123877326 9780123877550 0123877555 0323165281 1283152606 9786613152602 PB - London Waltham, MA Elsevier DB - UniCat KW - Snakebites KW - Colubridae. KW - Treatment. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:108040974 AB - This book is the first significant contribution to thoroughly examine the potential hazards associated with snakes of the former family, Colubridae. This family contained >65% of living snake species (approximately 3,000 taxa) and has recently been split into multiple families. Many of these snakes produce oral secretions that contain toxins and other biologically-active substances. A large variety of these snakes figure in the pet industry, yet little documented information or formal study of their potential medical importance has been published. Therefore, although the possible medical impor ER -