New study on India's four most medically important snakes—the spectacled cobra, Russell's viper, common krait, and saw-scaled viper—has revealed that a snake's age, or life stage, is the dominant factor determining the amount of venom it produces.
New study on India's four most medically important snakes—the spectacled cobra, Russell's viper, common krait, and saw-scaled viper—has revealed that a snake's age, or life stage, is the dominant factor determining the amount of venom it produces.
Researchers have found that the variability in venom composition of the Russel’s Viper may be tied, in part, to local climate conditions.