Tropidechis carinatus (Rough-scaled snake)
Tropidechis carinatus (Latin = keeled keeled-snake)
Rough-scaled snake
Tropidechis carinatus (Rough-scaled snake)
Tropidechis carinatus (Rough-scaled snake) is another clinically important species, having hemotoxic, myotoxic, and presynaptic as well as postsynaptic neurotoxic components. Symptoms often include haemoglobinuria with paralysis, renal failure, and rhabdomyolysis being possible. The haemoglobinuria is the result of a coagulant factor and a phospholipase A acting in concert with each other; the coagulant factor displaying a similarity to those from N. scutatus and Pseudechis porphyriacus (and a deviation from Pseudonaja textilis and O. microlepidotus) in the requirement for calcium, factor V and phospholipid to activate normal prothrombin. The prevalence of this snake near urban areas such as golf courses, large venom yield and pugnacious temperament make it a dangerous and clinically important species.
Bites are treated with tiger snake antivenom.
| Scientific name | Common name |
| Tropidechis carinatus | Rough-scaled snake |
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