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English: Map showing the approximate global distribution of snakes. Terrestrial snake data based on Ernst (2011) [1] and Cogger et al . (1998); [2] sea snakes data based on Ernst (2011), [1] Campbell (2004), [3] Phillips (2002), [4] and Spawls (1995). [5]
  1. a b Ernst, Carl H.; Evelyn M. Ernst (2011) Venomous Reptiles of the United States, Canada, and Northern Mexico: Heloderma, Micruroides, Micrurus, Pelamis, Agkistrodon, Sistrurus , Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press ISBN : 9780801898754 .
  2. Cogger, Harold G.; Richard George Zweifel, David Kirshner (1998) Encyclopedia of Reptiles & Amphibians (2 nd ed.), San Diego, CA: Academic Press ISBN : 9780121785604 .
  3. Campbell, Jonathan A.; William W. Lamar (2004) The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere , Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press ISBN : 9780801441417 .
  4. Phillips, Charles M. (March 2002). " Sea snake envenomation ". Dermatologic Therapy 15 (1): 58–61(4). DOI : 10.1046/j.1529-8019.2002.01504.x . Retrieved on 2009-07-24 .
  5. Spawls, Stephen; Bill Branch (1995) The Dangerous Snakes of Africa: Natural History, Species Directory, Venoms and Snakebite , Sanibel Island, FL: Ralph Curtis Publishing ISBN : 9780883590294 .
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