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Old 09-29-03, 12:31 PM   #1
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Boiga cynodon

Do any of you guys have these snakes?? or worked with them/.. How venemous are they?? A couple of dumb "friends" of mine took al couple in their home.. She is a hart patient and he is most of the time of to work. so she has to handle the snakes..
I said they should get rid of them but what do you guys think.. can't find much on their venoum.

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Old 09-29-03, 04:39 PM   #2
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Hi mate

Their venom is pretty standard Boiga, ie. chockers full of neurotoxic 3FTx (three-finger toxins). These are the signature molecule of elapid venoms. However the danger isn't normally that high (but with a heart patient who knows). In anycase, if she uses hooks she should be right.

If you want to read up on their venom, download one of our articles
http://www.venomdoc.com/downloads/BG...oidea_RCMS.pdf

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cheers Dr.Bryan I will download it and send a copy to them.
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