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Bothrops barnetti
(Barnett's lancehead)
(taxid:1051630)
Venom composition
Figure 1: Composition of B.barnetti venom, studied at the proteomic level (
Kohlhof et al., 2012
). The venom contains the following families:
disintegrin
,
CRISP
, PA2 (
phospholipase A2
),
serine protease
,
C-type lectin (true venom lectin
),
LAAO (L-amino-acid oxidase also known as flavin monoamine oxidase
), SVMP (snake
venom metalloproteinase
).
Clinical Effects, Treatment, Antivenoms
See the
Clinical Toxinology Resources Website
.
Lethal dose
LD(50) is 5.058 mg/kg by intraperitoneal injection into mice (86.9-120.4 ug/mouse) (
Kohlhoff et al., 2012
).
Miscellaneous
Bothrops barnetti is an endemic venomous pit viper native to the Pacific coast of northern Peru and the south east of Ecuador. Its habitats are low elevations in arid to semi-arid tropical scrub where it is the main poisonous snake responsible for human accidents (
Vivas-Ruis et al., 2013
and references therein).
Taxonomy
UniProt taxonomy
The Reptile database
Wikipedia
Infraorder
:
Serpentes
Family
:
Viperidae
Genus:
Bothrops
Species
:
barnetti
Activity
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Reference
Kohlhoff et al., 2012
Venom protein entries in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
(all links/actions below point to
uniprot.org
website)
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2 entries
Bothrops barnetti (Barnett's lancehead) (Trimeresurus barnetti)
VM1B1_BOTBA
Zinc metalloproteinase barnettlysin-1 (EC 3.4.24.-)
...
Venom metalloproteinase (M12B)
...
VSP_BOTBA
Thrombin-like enzyme barnettobin (Bb-TLE) (SVTLE) (EC 3.4.21.-)
...
Peptidase S1 family, Snake venom
...