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Record Nr.

UNINA9910688182003321

Titolo

Snake Venom and Ecology / / edited by Mohammad Manjur Shah [and three others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : IntechOpen, , 2022

©2022

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 106 pages)

Disciplina

615.942

Soggetti

Poisonous snakes - Venom

Snakes

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

1. Snake Venom -- 2. Snake Venom and Therapeutic Potential -- 3. Survey of Snakes Bites among Snake Endemic Communities in North Eastern Nigeria -- 4. Ecology of Red-Tongue Viper (Gloydius ussuriensis) in Jeju Island, South Korea -- 5. Comparative Ecology of Two Species of Semiaquatic Snakes in Southeastern North America.

Sommario/riassunto

Snakes play a very important role in our ecosystem, helping to balance the food web and maintain biodiversity on Earth. This book highlights the extreme ecological importance of snakes with chapters on snake venom and its therapeutic potential and the ecology of some selected snake species.