This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The selection of an appropriate ambush site by a sit-and-wait predator is necessary for maintaining an adequate energy intake for survival and ...

The powerful venom of the saw-scaled viper Echis carinatus contains both anticoagulants and coagulants according to a new study. These may be a source of potent drugs to treat human disease. The ...

This specimen was listed twice by Cherlin (1990); once under the Echis sochureki on p. 196 and again on p. 202 with the catalog number 129917 (lapsus for 192917, USNM 129917 is a Rhinella marina) ...

Where Echis venom was used, 0.5 ml. of a 1 mg/ml. solution of a desiccator-dried preparation reconstituted in 0.9 per cent saline was incorporated in the system in place of 0.5 ml. of the phosphate ...

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The venom of a West African carpet viper (Echis ocellatus) is one of the four venoms used to test the effect of the new 3D blood vessel model. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for ...

THOSE who are interested in the poisonous snakes of India may have an opportunity of seeing one of the most interesting and destructive of these reptiles, now in the Zoological Society's Gardens in ...

The powerful venom of the saw-scaled viper Echis carinatus contains both anticoagulants and coagulants finds a study published in the launch edition of BioMed Central's open access journal Journal of ...