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GENERAL SECTION

• Most toxic snakes (world-wide) list - LD50s (updated)
• Snake taxomomy
  -Asian pitvipers (formerly Agkistrodon)
  -Bothrops species
  -Naja species (formerly Naja naja subspecies)
• Venom types (all animals)

AFRICAN/MIDDLE EASTERN SECTION

• Scorpions
  -Adroctonus
  -Buthus
  -Heterometrus
  -Leirus
  -Parabuthus
  
• Spiders
  -Sac spiders
  -Transvaal six-eyed crab spider
  
• Cobras
• Colubrids
• Mambas
• Mole vipers
• True vipers

AMERICAN SECTION

• Poison arrow frogs
• Toads
  
• Spiders
  -Agelenopsis (American funnel web spider)
  -Black widow spiders
  -Brazilian wandering spider
  -Brown recluse
  -Fishing spider
  -Hobo spider
  -Tarantulas
  -Wolf spider
  
• Scorpions
  -Centruroides
  -Tityus
  
  
• Gila Monsters
  
• Coral snakes
• Lance-headed pitvipers
• Moccasins
• Rattlesnakes
  

ASIAN SECTION

• Scorpions
  -Buthus
  -Heterometrus
  -Leirus
  -Parabuthus
  -Palamneus
  -Pandinus (emperor scorpion)
  
• Joro spider
  
• Fire-bellied toads (Bombina)
  
• Cobras
• Colubrids
• Kraits
• Pit vipers
• True vipers

AUSTRALIAN/PAPUA NEW GUINEAN SECTION

Antivenom and First Aid

Requiring Pressure / Immobilisiastion (AVRU guidelines)

Not-requiring P/I

• Red-back spider (AVRU)
• Other spider bites (AVRU)
• Stonefish and other fish (AVRU)
• Blue bottle stings (AVRU)

Venom Detection Kits (AVRU)

Land Creatures

Amphibians

Arthopods
Ants (AVRU)
Bees/Wasps (AVRU)
Beetles (AVRU)
Centipedes and Millepedes (AVRU)
Scorpions (AVRU)
Spiders

• Funnel webs
  Biochemistry of venom
• General information (AVRU)
  
  
• Mouse spiders(AVRU)
• Red-back (AVRU)
• White tailed spider (AVRU)
• Other spiders (AVRU)
• Necrotising Arachnidism (AVRU)

Ticks(AVRU)

Snakes

Dangerous genera of Australian elapids

Scientific name	Common name
Acanthophis	Death adders
Austrelaps	Copperheads
Echiopsis	Bardick snakes, Lake Cronin snakes
Hoplocephalus	Broad-headed, Pale-headed, Stephen's banded snakes
Notechis	Tiger snakes
Oxyuranus	Taipans
Pseudechis	Black snakes
Pseudonaja	Brown snakes
Tropidechis	Rough-scaled snakes

• Biochemistry of Australian snake venoms
• Publications database

Marine and Freshwater Creatures

Blue ringed Octopus (AVRU)

Cone snails

• Biochemistry of venom
• General information (AVRU)

Fish

• Stinging fish (AVRU)
• Stingrays (AVRU)
• Stonefish (AVRU)

Jellyfish

• Blue-bottle (AVRU)
• Box jellyfish (AVRU)
• Chiropsalmus (AVRU)
• Irukanji (AVRU)
• Jimble (AVRU)
• Other jellyfish (AVRU)

Mammals

• Platypus

Sea Snakes (AVRU)

Research

Australian Venom Research Unit

Clinical Toxicology

International Society on Toxinology

Venom Newsletters

Newsletter 1
Newsletter 2
Newsletter 3
Newsletter 4
Newsletter 5
Newsletter 6

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