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Crotalus durissus cumanensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Crotalus
Species:
C. durissus
Subspecies:
C. d. cumanensis
Trinomial name
Crotalus durissus cumanensis
Humboldt, 1833

Crotalus durissus cumanensis is a subspecies of venomous pit viper from Colombia and Venezuela.[1] They account for 1-3% of all snake bites in Colombia.[2][3][4]

Toxin

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A bite from Crotalus durissus cumanensis can cause neurotoxicity, systemic myotoxicity, mild edema, acute renal failure and death,[2][5] even considered one of the most lethal snake species in Latin America.[6] These bites are only treatable as of now by antivenom therapy.[3] The toxin is thought to be more potent than that of Crotalus durissus ruruima.[7]

References

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  1. ^ Salazar, Ana M; Aguilar, Irma; Guerrero, Belsy; Girón, María E; Lucena, Sara; Sánchez, Elda E; Rodríguez-Acosta, Alexis (September 2008). "Intraspecies differences in hemostatic venom activities of the South American rattlesnakes, Crotalus durissus cumanensis, as revealed by a range of protease inhibitors". Blood Coagulation & Fibrinolysis. 19 (6): 525–530. doi:10.1097/MBC.0b013e328304e02e. ISSN 0957-5235. PMID 18685436.
  2. ^ a b Pereañez, Jaime Andrés; Núñez, Vitelbina; Huancahuire-Vega, Salomón; Marangoni, Sergio; Ponce-Soto, Luis Alberto (2009-04-01). "Biochemical and biological characterization of a PLA2 from crotoxin complex of Crotalus durissus cumanensis". Toxicon. 53 (5): 534–542. doi:10.1016/j.toxicon.2009.01.021. ISSN 0041-0101. PMID 19673100.
  3. ^ a b Rodríguez-Vargas, Ariadna; Vega, Nohora; Reyes-Montaño, Edgar; Corzo, Gerardo; Neri-Castro, Edgar; Clement, Herlinda; Ruiz-Gómez, Francisco (August 2022). "Intraspecific Differences in the Venom of Crotalus durissus cumanensis from Colombia". Toxins. 14 (8): 532. doi:10.3390/toxins14080532. ISSN 2072-6651. PMC 9416679. PMID 36006194.
  4. ^ Acosta-Peña, Augusto; Núñez, Vitelbina; Pereañez, Jaime Andres; Rey-Suárez, Paola (April 2022). "Immunorecognition and Neutralization of Crotalus durissus cumanensis Venom by a Commercial Antivenom Produced in Colombia". Toxins. 14 (4): 235. doi:10.3390/toxins14040235. ISSN 2072-6651. PMC 9025410. PMID 35448844.
  5. ^ Yoshida-Kanashiro, Erika; Navarrete, Luis F.; Rodríguez-Acosta, Alexis (April 2003). "On the unsual hemorrhagic and necrotic activities caused by the rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus cumanensis) in a Venezuelan patient". Revista Cubana de Medicina Tropical. 55 (1): 38–40. ISSN 0375-0760. PMID 15849951.
  6. ^ Céspedes, N.; Castro, F.; Jiménez, E.; Montealegre, L.; Castellanos, A.; Cañas, C. A.; Arévalo-Herrera, M.; Herrera, S. (2010). "Biochemical comparison of venoms from young Colombian Crotalus durissus cumanensis and their parents". Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins Including Tropical Diseases. 16 (2): 268–284. doi:10.1590/S1678-91992010000200009. ISSN 1678-9199.
  7. ^ Cavalcante, Walter Luís Garrido; Ponce-Soto, Luis Alberto; Marangoni, Sérgio; Gallacci, Márcia (2015-03-15). "Neuromuscular effects of venoms and crotoxin-like proteins from Crotalus durissus ruruima and Crotalus durissus cumanensis". Toxicon. 96: 46–49. Bibcode:2015Txcn...96...46C. doi:10.1016/j.toxicon.2015.01.006. ISSN 0041-0101. PMID 25598498.


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