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TABLE II
SOME SPECIES WHOSE VENOM HAS BEEN SHOWN TO CONTAIN PHOSPHOLIPASE A
Species
Snakes
Family Elapidae
Bungarus coeruleus
Bungarus fasciatus
a
Denisonia superba
Dendraspis viridis
Najaflava (nivea)
Naja haje
Naja naja
Naja nigricollis
Naja tripudians
a
Notechis scutatus
PseUdechis porphyriaceus
Family Hydrophidae
Enhydrina schistosa
Family Viperidae
Bitis gabonica
Echis carinatus
Vipera ammodytes
Vipera aspis
Vipera berus
Vipera elegans
Vipera russelli
Family Crotalidae
Agkistrodon p. piscivorus
Bothrops alternatus
Bothrops jararaca
Bothrops neuwiedi
Crotalus adamanteus
Crotalus atrox
Crotalus crotaminicus
Crotalus terrificus
a
Arthropods
Order Hymenoptera
Apis mellifera
Bombus pratorum
Vespa vulgaris
Class Arachnida
Buthus occitanus
Heteromelrus maurus
Isometrus maculatus
Aranea diadema
Buthacus arenicola
Scorpio maurus
Common name
Indian krait
Banded krait
Australian copperhead
Green mamba
Yellow cobra, Cape cobra
Egyptian cobra
Indian cobra
Black-collared cobra
Cobra
Black tiger
Black snake
Sea snake
Gaboon viper
Sandburrowing viper
European nose-horned viper
S.W. European viper
Common European viper
Daboia
Russell's chain viper
Cottonmouth moccasin
Urutu
Jararaca
Maximilian's viper
Diamondback rattlesnake
Western diamond rattlesnake
Brazilian rattlesnake
Mexican rattlesnake
Honeybee
Bumblebee
Yellow jacket wasp
Scorpion
Scorpion
Scorpion
Spider
Scorpion
Scorpion
Reference
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(40
(36)
(39)
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(48)
(34)
(39, 48, 44)
(40)
(36)
(36)
(45)
(89)
(89)
(42, 44, 46)
(89)
(44)
(36)
(89)
(84, 37)
(47)
(39, 48)
(89)
(34)
(39)
(49)
(41,44,50,51)
(39, 52)
(89)
(39)
(39)
(39)
(39)
(39)
(53)
(53)
° Enzyme has been crystallized from the venom.