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| | eMedicine - Snake Envenomations, Sea : Article Excerpt by: James Foster, MD, MS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18) |
 | | Synonyms, Key Words, and Related Terms: sea snakes, Hydrophiidae, Pelamis platurus, P platurus, Enhydrina schistosa, E schistosa, sea snake venom, neurotoxins, myotoxins, snake envenomations, sea snake envenomations, sea snake bite, sea snake neurotoxin, sea snake wound |
 | | Background: Sea snakes, which comprise approximately 70 species, are the most abundant and widely dispersed group of poisonous reptiles in the world. |
 | | Most (approximately 50) sea snake species are members of the family Hydrophiidae and are characterized by vertically flattened tails and nostrils with valvelike flaps. |
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