First Authenticated Case of Sri Lankan Flying Snake (Chrysopelea taprobanica) Bite Anjana Silva, MBBS, MPhil, Prasanna Weerawansa, MBBS, MD, Senaka Pilapitiya,

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First Authenticated Case of Sri Lankan Flying Snake (Chrysopelea taprobanica) Bite Anjana Silva, MBBS, MPhil, Prasanna Weerawansa, MBBS, MD, Senaka Pilapitiya, MBBS, MD, Thilina Maduwage, MBBS, Sisira Siribaddana, MBBS, MD, FCCP Wilderness & Environmental Medicine Volume 24, Issue 3, Pages 273-276 (September 2013) DOI: 10.1016/j.wem.2013.01.008 Copyright © 2013 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Photograph of the right hand of the patient, showing the site of the bite (encircled), 12 hours after the bite. (Used with permission of the patient.) Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 2013 24, 273-276DOI: (10.1016/j.wem.2013.01.008) Copyright © 2013 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

Figure 2 (a) The offending snake, an adult female (total length, 58 cm) Sri Lankan flying snake (Chrysopelea taprobanica, Smith, 1943). (b) Partially digested specimen of adult common house gecko (Hemidactylus freanatus, Schlegel, 1836) among the gut content of the snake. (c) Head of the offending snake; note the enlarged posterior maxillary teeth (encircled) used in delivering the secretions from Duvernoy's gland. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 2013 24, 273-276DOI: (10.1016/j.wem.2013.01.008) Copyright © 2013 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions