Micrurus corallinus ~ VenomZone

Venom composition

Figure 1: Composition of M.corallinus venom, studied at the proteomic level (A, Correa-Netto et al., 2011) and at the transcriptomic level (B, Leao et al., 2009). The venom contains the following families: Three-finger toxin, Phospholipase A2, L-amino-acid oxidase , true venom lectin, SVMP (snake venom metalloproteinase), serine protease (peptidase S1, natriuretic peptide, Kunitz-type inhibitor (venom Kunitz-type), NGF (NGF-beta) and waprin.

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Lethal dose

LD(50) on white mice is
0.2 mg/kg by intramuscular injection
0.09 mg/kg by intraperitoneal injection
0.04 mg/kg by intravenous injection

LD(50) on Synbranchus marmoratus
(a fish) is
0.7 mg/kg by intramuscular injection
0.4 mg/kg by intraperitoneal injection

LD(50) on Gymnotus carapo
(a fish) is
0.8 mg/kg by intramuscular injection
0.7 mg/kg by intraperitoneal injection

LD(50) on Amphisbaena cunhai
(a squamate reptile) is
0.06 mg/kg by intramuscular injection
0.04 mg/kg by intraperitoneal injection

LD(50) on Liophis typhlus
(a colubrid snake) is
0.5 mg/kg by intramuscular injection
0.3 mg/kg by intraperitoneal injection

da Silva Jr. and Aird, 2001.

Infraorder:	Serpentes

Family:	Elapidae
Genus:	Micrurus
Species:	corallinus

Micrurus corallinus (painted coral snake) (taxid:54390)

Venom protein entries in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot

Micrurus corallinus (Brazilian coral snake)