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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,

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1 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 (September 2013) DOI: /j.wem Copyright © 2013 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

2 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  , DOI: ( /j.wem ) Copyright © 2013 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

3 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  , DOI: ( /j.wem ) Copyright © 2013 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions


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