Venomous Snake Links
Death Adder (Acanthophis sp.) -
© Wolfgang
Wüster
The following are links to sites with information specifically on venomous snakes, or at least with a large venomous snake component. In keeping with the theme of these page, I have restricted the listings to sites focused on natural history, systematics, snakebite and venom, and have not provided links to the many herpetoculture-centered sites all over the net. Suggestions for other suitable sites and notifications of non-functional links are gratefully received.
DISCLAIMER: I am in no way responsible for the contents of sites linked to from this page - surf at your own risk.
New Books
This section will provide links to new books likely to be of special interest to those interested in venomous reptiles. Listing here does not necessarily imply endorsement, not does absence of listing for other potential books of itnerest imply criticism. The owner of this web page has no financial stake in any book listed here. To suggest other new book links for inclusion, email me (remove x from address)
- Venomous
Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere, by Jonathan Campbell and
William Lamar - Comstock Publishing,
- Snakes of India - The
Field Guide, by Romulus Whitaker and Ashok Captain - Draco Books,
Chengalpattu (a proportion of proceeds go to herpetological
conservation work in
- Asian Pitvipers, by Andreas Gumprecht, Frank Tillack, Nikolai L. Orlov, Ashok Captain and Sergei Ryabov - Geitje Books, Berlin
Venomous Snakes
- Asiatic Cobra Systematics - Wolfgang Wüster
- Australian Herpetology Online - David Williams - recently relaunched, including a major library of PDF files of scientific papers
- Australian
Venomous Creatures -
- Animales
de Jalisco con Veneno - Venomous animals from the
- Biblioteca Virtual Vital Brazil - The work of the pioneering Brasilian antivenom producer Vital Brazil, with downlaodable PDF files of his publications
- BushmastersOnline.com - Dean Ripa's site on Lachesis
- Florida's Flatwood
Cottonmouths - natural history article by Peter May and Terrence
Farrell, Stetson
- Florida Venomous Snakes - by David Seerveld - with snakebite and removal advice
- Florida's
Venomous Snakes -
- Florida's Venomous Snakes - Florida Game & Freshwater Fish Commission - PDF file of booklet.
- Gernot Vogel's Homepage - Information on Southeast Asian herps, especially Trimeresurus and Boiga
- King Cobra - a National Geographic site
- Mapanare - Site
on snakes and snakebite in
- Missouri Copperheads - Tom R. Johnson, Missouri Department of Conservation
- Ophidios.org.ve -
Venomous snakes of
- Pigmy
Rattlesnake Homepage - a natural history page by Terry Farrell,
Peter May and colleagues at
- Projeto Jararaca - natural history of Brazilian pitvipers - by Marcio Martins and colleagues
- Pseudechis Classification - Wolfgang Wüster
- Queensland Snakes
- from the
- Richard Mastenbroek's Elapid Pages - pages on several elapid snake groups, including currently Irian Jaya elapids, Asian cobras and African cobras.
- Scott's Taipan Territory - Scott Whitters
- Sea Snake Information Site -
byVimoksalehi Lukoschek at
- Séan Thomas' Snake and Herpetological Information Page - primarily on South African snakes
- Serpientes Venenosas de Costa Rica - Instituto Clodomiro Picado
- Snakes Harmful and Harmless - information on many aspects of snake biology - by Brian Bush
- Snakes of Tasmania - 3 elapid species - Tasmanian Department of Primary Industries, Water & Environment.
- Southeastern Hot Herp Society (SHHS) - Large information site on venomous snakes, much more cosmopolitan than the name suggests.
- Timber Rattlesnake Homepage - by Gary Casper and Robert Hay
- Toxicity in Colubrid Snakes of the World. An annotated Bibliography - Donald M. McKinstry
- USGS Brown Tree Snake Information - Thomas H. Fritts
- Venomous Snakes of Florida and Snakebite First Aid - by Greg Longhurst
- Venomous Snakes of North Carolina - by Alvin L. Braswell, William M. Palmer and Jeffrey C. Beane, North Carolina State Museum of Natural History - PDF file of a booklet.
- Venomous Snakes of Texas - Gerald Keown
- Venomous Snakes in Uruguay -
Serpentarium of the Faculty of Science,
- Viperidae - John Mulder's page on the genera Vipera, Macrovipera, Pseudocerastes and Daboia
- WCH Clinical Toxinology Resources - a superlative resource, directed by Julian White. Two levels of access, general and subscription - the latter provides access to much greater depths of information.
- The World of the Agkistrodon complex - a nice site by Laszlo Livo
- World of Atheris - by Michael A. Jacobi
- WWW.herper.com - many useful links
Venom, Snakebite and Antivenoms
- Antivenin and Antisera Manufacturers of the World - a list of available antivenoms, with contact info for manufacturers - courtesy of the Thai Red Cross.
- Australian Venom Research Unit -
- Clinical
Toxinology Homepage - info on Australian venomous animals and their
bites/stings, by Julian White,
- Emedicine.com - Emergency Medicine - contains pages on bites by a number of different venomous snakes
- Envenomation by Rear-fanged and "Harmless" Snakes - a bibliography of colubrid envenomation
- Information über giftige Tiere - Giftinformationszentrale Bonn (German poison information service)
- Injuries, envenoming, poisoning, and allergic reactions caused by animals - Online encyclopedia chapter by David A. Warrell.
- Instituto Clodomiro Picado
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- Herpmed - snakebite pages and links to other reptile and venom resources - by Steve Grenard
- Jonathan Leakey Ltd. -
supplies snake venoms and other aimal and plant resources from
- Journal
of Venomous Animals and Toxins - based in
- Latoxan - French Supplier of Venoms and Toxins
- Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Antivenom Bank
- Natural Toxins Research Center - at
- Ontario Antivenom Bank
- Snakebite
Protocols - Terrence M. Davidson,
- South African Vaccine Producers - the main producer for antivenoms against African venomous snakes
- Venomdoc.com - formerly International Venom and Toxin Database - by Bryan Grieg Fry
- Venom Supplies Pty Ltd. - Peter Mirtschin's Company Site
- Virtual Centre on Toxinology -
- WCH Clinical Toxinology Resources - a superlative resource, directed by Julian White. Two levels of access, general and subscription - the latter provides access to much greater depths of information.
- www.gifte.de - An extensive German Toxicology site, with various pages on venomous snakes. In German.
- ZOOBASE - Snakes - A site associated with WCH Clinical Toxinology Resources, providing details on envenoming and treatment of bites by various commonly kept non-Australian venomous snakes.
Regional Herpetofaunas
The following are sites with photos or species lists for specific regions, states or countries. Sites specifically about venomous species are listed under Venomous Snakes above. The regional herp sites are listed here for the benefit of those attempting to identify reptiles seen there, or those preparing for a visit to these regions.
- A Field Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles of Illinois - WWW version of the eponymous book by Christopher A. Phillips, Edward O. Moll and Ronald A. Brandon
- Amphibians and Reptiles of Europe - by Paolo Mazzei, Ilaria Pimpinelli, Diego Reggianti
- Amphibians
and Reptiles of North Carolina - Developed by students at
- Amphibien und Reptilien
in Österreich - herps of
- Associacion Venezolana de Herpetologia - includes reptile and amphibian species lists for the country
- Californiaherps.com
- pretty much what it says: a photographic compilation and appreciation
of
- Cape Reptile Institute, South Africa - Tony Phelps, Johannes Els and Ryno Bezuidenhout - herpetological services and information in South Africa.
- Caribherps - West Indian
Amphibians and Reptiles - S. Blair Hedges,
- Encyclopedia of Japanese Reptiles - an informative page about a country for which little is available in English
- Encyclopedia
of Australian Reptiles - virtually an online textbook, updated
regularly - a superlative reference, courtesy of Allen Greer, at the
- Euroherp
Database - data on all European amphibians and retiles, maintained
by Jeroen Speybroeck,
- Father Sánchez's Web Site of West
Indian Natural History - a well-illustrated summary of the fauna
and flora of the
- Herp.am - Herpetology of
- Herpetofauna
of Myanmar - website associated with the herpetofaunal survey of
- Herpetology of Bolivia - a page under development, on the herpetofauna of this understudied South American country, by Dirk Embert and Steffen Reichle
- Herps of Texas -
- Iowa Herpetology - by Jeff LeClere
- Museu Butantan - Museum
of the famous Instituto Butantan in
- Snakes of
Victoria, Australia - an online information database hosted by
Museum
- Online
Guide to the Snakes of Florida -
- Reptiles of Australia - photos and information for many species - John Fowler and John Hollister
- Reptiles and Amphibians of Arizona - Tom Brennan and Martin Feldner
- Reptiles and Amphibians of
Colorado -
- Reptiles
and Amphibians of Papua New Guinea - a photo site -
- Reptiles and Amphibians of Virginia - John White
- Reptiles de Ecuador - Otonga Reserve - Giovanni Onore
- Reptiles and Amphibians of Guatemala - by Jonathan A. Campbell - with checklist, photos, and a key to all species
- Reptiles of Baja California - an online field guide, from the San Diego Museum of Natural History
- Reptiles
of Lamington National Park - common species in a
- Reptiles of the Parque Estadual Guajará-Mirim, Rondônia, Brazil - Laurie J. Vitt, University of Oklahoma
- Reptilien
Boliviens - Reptiles of
- Snakes of Arkansas - by Kory Roberts
- Snakes
of Indiana - Center for Reptile and Amphibian Conservation and
Management,
- Snakes of Louisiana - by Mike Monlezun
- Snakes of Missouri - Missouri Department of Conservation
- Snakes of North America - a full species list with photos of practically all species
- Snakes of the
Savannah River Site - species accounts for the
- Snakes of
Southern California -
- South Carolina Reptiles and Amphibians - by Gene Ott
- SriLankaReptile.com
- An information site on the reptiles of
- SwissAmphibian and Reptile Conservation Programme (KARCH) - with checklist of Swiss herps.
- The
Jalapão Region of the Brazilian Cerrado - Laurie J. Vitt,
Societies, Journals, Meetings
- American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - publishes Copeia
- British Herpetological Society - publishes the Herpetological Journal and Herpetological Bulletin
- Contemporary Herpetology - a free, online scientific journal.
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Herpetologie und Terrarienkunde (DGHT) - publishes Salamandra and several smaller publications.
- European Herpetological Society - Societas Europaea Herpetologica - publishes Amphibia-Reptilia
- Herpetological Association of Africa - publishes African Journal of Herpetology and African Herp News
- Herpetological Natural History - a journal dedicated to publishing natural history studies
- Herpetologists' League - publishes Herpetologica and Herpetological Monographs
- Kansas Herpetological Society
- Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR) - publishes the Journal of Herpetology and Herpetological Review
- 5th World Congress of Herpetology, Cape Town, November 2005
UK-specific
herp sites
- Amphibians and Reptiles of Lincolshire - Lincolshire Widlife Trust
- Amphibians and Reptiles in the UK - Species information, conservation and legislation
- BBC Nature Wildfacts - Adder, common viper
- Froglife - Herpetological Conservation Organisation, and secretariat to the Herpetofauna Groups of Britain and Ireland (HGBI). Many conservation-related publications and leaflets available as PDF files.
- Herpetological Conservation
Trust - a Dorset-based organization concerned with the
conservation of
- Herpetofauna Groups of Britain and Ireland - a body promoting the work of local Amphibian and Reptile Groups. Local groups with websites include:
- Bedfordshire Reptile and Amphibian Group
- Cornwall Reptile and Amphibian Group
- Clyde Amphibian and Reptile Group
- Kent Reptile and Amphibian Group (KRAG)
- Suffolk Amphibian and Reptile Group
- Sussex Amphibian and Reptile Group
- Warwickshire Amphibian and Reptile Team - website on the herps, including species accounts and photos.
- Reptiles and Amphibians of the UK (RAUK) - species descriptions and a good selection of forums.
General information,
bibliographies, etc.
- Center for North American Herpetology - information portal with numerous academic links
- Amphibian and Reptile Conservation - Journal homepage, with links to herpetological journals etc, some with papers available online
- CITES Home Page - includes searchable database on species listed in the CITES Appendices
The New Reptile Database -
formerly the EMBL Reptile Database, now at a new URL - a taxonomic
database on all living reptiles, by Peter Uetz- HerpDigest - a free electronic newsletter on matters herpetological (especially science and conservation), edited by Allen Salzberg
- Herper's Digest - not to be confused with the previous entry - a database of links to electronically available scientific herpetological papers, maintained by Wulf Schleip
- Herpetologic@l Index - by Klaus Adolphs - lists herpetological papers published in non-herpetological journals
- Herpetological Contents - Contents tables of herpetological journals and magazines, by Breck Bartholomew
- Herplit Database - a searchable or downloadable database of over 50,000 herpetological publications, also by Breck Bartholomew
- IUCN List of Threatened Species - searchable database
- NCBI Entrez Browser - search PubMed for publications, especially about snake bites and venoms
- The World-Wide-Web Virtual Library - HERPETOLOGY - Michael Eisen
- www.herper.com - Chad Arment's site, with various information pages and downloads.
Herpetological Papers online
Free libraries of scientific herpetological papers, by institutions or
individuals, downloadable as PDF files. NOTE: this site
accepts no
responsibility for any breaches of copyright perpetrated either by
those making
these publications available online, or by those downloading and using
them.
Adherence to relevant legislation is the responsibility of webmasters
and
users. Additional links gratefully
received (remove
x from address).
- Anthony Herrel
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- Australian Herpetology online PDF library - by David Williams - the scope of thelibrary is international, with emphasis on clinical and toxinological papers
- Biblioteca Virtual Vital Brazil - The work of the pioneering Brasilian antivenom producer Vital Brazil, with downlaodable PDF files of his publications
- Blair
Hedges - Penn State University - molecular phylogenetics, including
vertebrates in general and also
- Brad Moon
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- Bryan Grieg Fry - Australian Venom Research Unit - toxinology and venom evolution
- Center for North American Herpetology PDF library - numerous herpetological papers by various authors, primarily on N. American herps.
- Don
Bradshaw -
- Edmund
D. Brodie III -
- Euroherp Database and PDF library - an extensive PDF library of recent and older European herp papers, maintained by Jeroen Speybroeck, University of Ghent, Belgium. Registration required for use.
- Field Museum of Natural History reprints page
- Gad Perry -
- Gernot Vogel -
- Herpbreeder.com - Links to many PDF files posted online
- Herper's Digest - a database of links to electronically available scientific herpetological papers, maintained by Wulf Schleip
- Javier A.
Rodríguez-Robles -
- Kate Jackson
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- Kelly Zamudio
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- László
Krecsák -
- Marcio Martins -
Universidade de São Paulo,
- Michael
Dorcas -
- Rick Shine
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- Scott Keogh
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- Steven
Mackessy –
- Wells & Wellington taxonomy papers online at this site. Some of the most controversial papers ever published (Wells & Wellington, 1983, 1985 - snake sections only), plus the rarely seen description of Cannia weigeli. Thanks to Carl Sundberg for scanning these in, and to Richard Wells for allowing me to post them.
- Wolfgang Wüster - University of Wales, Bangor - venom evolution, snake phylogeny and systematics
Other Systematics Resources
The following are some resources which may be of use to those unfamiliar with the complexities of modern systematics.
The Nomenclature Section of the BIOSIS resources page contains a vast number of links on nomenclature, as well as links to many other zoological resources.
Naming names - a one-page summary on naming new species.
University of California Berkeley - Introduction to Phylogeny - includes a glossary of terms used in phylogenetic systematics.
Curiosities
of
Biological Nomenclature and Arnold Menke's Funny
and Curious Zoological Names - the names say it all - for those who
want a
less serious look at the topic! In the same vein, check also the lower
parts of
Doug Yanega's page.
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