Case solved: presence of toxin-secreting oral glands in the lamprophiid snake Mimophis mahfalensis (Grandidier, 1867) from Madagascar

Autor:	Paolo Eusebio Bergò, Ezio Campantico, Franco Andreone, Gonçalo M. Rosa, Renaud Boistel, Brigitte Gillet
Přispěvatelé:	Institut International de Paléoprimatologie, Paléontologie Humaine : Evolution et Paléoenvironnement (IPHEP), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Poitiers
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	Local pain Duvernoy's gland Toxin Anatomy Mimophis mahfalensis [SDV.BID]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity Biology medicine.disease_cause Opisthoglyph parasitic diseases medicine Madagascar Animal Science and Zoology Envenomation Oral glands ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS Developmental Biology
Zdroj:	Zoomorphology Zoomorphology, Springer Verlag, 2014, 133, pp.417-423. ⟨10.1007/s00435-014-0234-7⟩
ISSN:	0720-213X 1432-234X
Popis:	The monotypic Mimophis mahfalensis is an opisthoglyphous snake endemic of Madagascar. The goal of this study is to clarify the presence of toxin-secreting oral glands through a multidisciplinary approach. We thus provide data on the internal anatomy of the head of M. mahfalensis’ and demonstrate the presence of Duvernoy’s glands. Furthermore, we refer to two cases of human bitten by this species and compared this with the reported case of mild envenomation mentioned by Domergue (Arch Inst Pasteur Madagascar 56(1):299–311, 1989). Symptoms included brief slight local pain and minor bleeding.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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