Tiger snakes
Tiger snakes
Tiger snakes are found in the temperate areas of southern Australia, including Tasmania where they are particularly large and venomous. Identification of tiger snakes by the presence of stripes is unreliable, since this varies with the seasons and the maturity of the snake and there is an unstriped black species (Notechis ater). Also several other venomous and non-venomous Australian snakes are striped. Features of tiger snake envenomation include neurotoxicity (caused by pre-synaptic and post-synaptic neurotoxins), coagulopathy and rhabdomyolysis.
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The Nature of the Antagonism Between Toxins and Antitoxins
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Submitted. The Nature of the Antagonism Between Toxins and Antitoxins. Intercolon. Med. J. Australasia. 3:699-712.
Sever Tiger Snake Envenomation in a Wilderness Environment
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1998. Sever Tiger Snake Envenomation in a Wilderness Environment. The Medical Journal of Australia. 169(4):228-229.
Human Snake Bite Victims: The Successful Detection of Circulating Snake Venom by Radioimmunoassay
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1975. Human Snake Bite Victims: The Successful Detection of Circulating Snake Venom by Radioimmunoassay. The Medical Journal of Australia. 1:27-29.
Chemistry and Evolution of Toxins in Snake Venoms
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1974. Chemistry and Evolution of Toxins in Snake Venoms. Toxicon. 12:1-43.
Snakes of the Wetlands
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1974. Snakes of the Wetlands. Australia's Wildlife Heritage. 4:1569-1575.
Cross-Neutralisation by Tiger Snake (Notechis Scutatus) Antivenene and Sea Snake (Enhydrina Schistosa) Antivenene Against Several Sea Snake Venoms
Effects of an Isolated Toxin from Australian Tiger Snake (Notechis Scutatus Scutatus) Venom at the Mammalian Neuromuscular Junction
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1973. Effects of an Isolated Toxin from Australian Tiger Snake (Notechis Scutatus Scutatus) Venom at the Mammalian Neuromuscular Junction. British Journal of Pharmacology. 47:141-146.
Australian Tiger Snake Venom - An Inhibitor of Transmitter Release
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1973. Australian Tiger Snake Venom - An Inhibitor of Transmitter Release. Nature New Biology. 241:246-247.
Effects of Tiger Snake Venom on the Ultrastructure of Motor Nerve Terminals
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1973. Effects of Tiger Snake Venom on the Ultrastructure of Motor Nerve Terminals. Nature New Biology. 244:94-96.
Presynaptic and Postsynaptic Effects of the Venom of the Australian Tiger Snake at the Neuromuscular Junction
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1973. Presynaptic and Postsynaptic Effects of the Venom of the Australian Tiger Snake at the Neuromuscular Junction. British Journal of Pharmacology. 49:340-354.