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Venomous and poisonous animals /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Edström, Anders, 1938-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Malabar, Fla. : Krieger Pub. Co., 1992.
Edition:First English edition.
Subjects:
Animals, Poisonous.
Venoms > toxicity.
Table of Contents:
  • Animal venoms have an important biological function
  • Study of animal venoms: toxicology: is an important science
  • Experimental pitfalls
  • LD50 is a common measure of the "killing power" of a venom
  • Sponges (Porifera)
  • Corals and sea anemones (Anthozoa)
  • Corals
  • Sea Anemones
  • Hydroids (Hydrozoa) and jellyfishes (Scyphozoa)
  • Polychaetes (Polychaeta)
  • Gastropods (Gastropoda)
  • Tonnacea
  • Buccinidae
  • Purple whelks (Muricidae)
  • Cone snails (Conidae)
  • Sea slugs and sea hares (Opisthobranchia)
  • Octopods (Cephalopoda)
  • Echinoderms (Echinodermata)
  • Sea urchins (Echinoidea)
  • Starfishes (Asteroidea)
  • Sea cucumbers (Holothuroidea)
  • Insects (Insecta)
  • Bees (Apidae)
  • Wasps (Vespidae)
  • Ants (Formicoidea)
  • Termites (Isoptera)
  • Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
  • Bugs (Heteroptera: Hemiptera)
  • Beetles (Coleoptera)
  • Insect use of plant poisons
  • Spiders and scorpions (Arachnida)
  • Spiders (Araneida)
  • Scorpions (Scorpionidea)
  • Fishes (Pisces)
  • Phanerotoxic fishes
  • Stingrays
  • Weevers
  • Stargazers
  • Stonefish
  • Zebrafish
  • Moses sole.
  • (cont) Cryptotoxic fishes
  • Miscellaneous poisonous fishes
  • Fishes containing ciguatoxin
  • Fishes containing tetrodotoxin (TTX)
  • Animals containing saxitoxin (STX)
  • Amphibians (Amphibia)
  • Dart-poison frogs (Dendrobatidae)
  • Toads (Bufonidae)
  • Salamanders and newts (Urodela)
  • Reptiles (Reptilia)
  • Venomous lizards (Helodermatidae)
  • Snakes (Serpentes)
  • Venom apparatus
  • General composition of snake venoms
  • Neurotoxins in snake venoms
  • Cardiotoxins in snake venoms
  • Hemorrhagic and myonercrotic toxins in snake venoms
  • Factors in snake venoms which affect blood coagulation
  • Other toxic factors in snake venoms
  • How dangerous are snake venoms?
  • Colubrids (Colubridae)
  • Elapids (Elapidae)
  • Sea snakes (Hydrophiidae)
  • Vipers (Viperidae)
  • Pit vipers (Crotalidae)
  • Mammals (Mammalia)
  • Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
  • Spiny anteaters (Tachyglossidae)
  • Solenodons (Solenodontidae)
  • Shrews (Soricidae)
  • Our fear of venomous animals.