Digimorph basiliscus basiliscusjesus christ lizard. Pdf crotalus basiliscus mexican west coast rattlesnake. Crotalus durissus terrificus south american rattlesnake. Basilisk rattlesnake crotalus basiliscus inaturalist. The biology of this species is summarized in price 1980. The abstract is as follows we assembled a dataset of 192 carefully selected species 51 extinct. The specific name is derived from the greek word for king, basiliskos, and alludes to this snakes large size and potent venom. Download hires imagedownload to mspowerpointcite this. We have previously shown that the neurotoxic properties of the mojave rattlesnake crotalus scutulatus scutulatus are associated with the presence of the mojave toxin a subunit suggesting the existence of a genetic basis for rattlesnake venom. The mexican w est coast rattlesnake, crotalus basiliscus, is a large mexican endemic known to reach a total length of 2,045 mm klauber, 1972. He was the brother of verina, wife of the eastern emperor leo i ruled 457474. The name comes from the greek word krotalon, which means rattle, referring to the rattle on the end of the tail. Crotalus basiliscus basiliscus gloyd 1948 crotalus basiliscus basiliscus klauber 1952. All vipers have a pair of long hollow fangs which are used to inject venom from glands found in the back of the upper jaws.
Fibrinolytic enzymes from the venoms of agkistrodon contortrix contortrix and crotalus basiliscus basiliscus. Flavius basiliscus was the brother of verina, leo is widow and probably came from the balkans. Basiliscus had a military career under leo and reached the consulate in 465. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. A experiment outline and indicated lethal dose injections using venoms from b crotalus adamanteus eastern diamondback rattlesnake, c crotalus basiliscus mexican westcoast rattlesnake. This image is licensed under creative commons attribution 2. He was married to zenonis and they had a son, marcus. Surface plasmon resonance, electrophoresis, uvvis, and circular dichroism showed that the interaction involves the attachment of. Basiliscus definition of basiliscus by the free dictionary.
Behlke bulletin of the peabody museum of natural history, 53, 3308, 2012. Isolation and characterization of a hemorrhagic toxin from. Basiliscus, usurping eastern roman emperor from 475 to 476. This page serves supplemental imagery for a paper entitled assembling the squamate tree of life.
Crotalus simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Thirtyseven snake species that are found in chihuahua are distributed from the united states to mexico arizona. This venom exhibits the highest lethality for mice among rattlesnakes and the simplest toxin proteome reported to date. Basiliscus article about basiliscus by the free dictionary. The other three species belong to a more primitive genus, sistrurus, which includes the north american massasauga s. Lewis and charles short 1879 a latin dictionary, oxford. Crotalus durissus cascavella neotropical rattlesnake. Basilysin is the fibrinolytic enzyme from crotalus basiliscus basiliscus mexican west coast rattlesnake venom. Disintegrin basilicin crotalus basiliscus mexican westcoast. In 468 basiliscus was given supreme command of a vast eastern roman force that sought to expel the vandals from africa. The venoms of the south american crotalus subspecies belong to one of two.
His relationship with the emperor allowed him to pursue a military career that, after minor initial successes, ended in 468, when he led the disastrous roman invasion of vandal africa, in one of the largest military operations of late antiquity. Reproduction in the blacktail rattlesnake, crotalus. Crotalus basiliscus is known for its ability to produce large amounts of potent venom when delivering a bite, though it is regarded as being one of the lessaggressive rattlesnake species. The venom is a kind of protease, a destroyer of protein almost all vipers have ridged scales, a well built body with a short tail and, to make room for the venom glands, a triangularshaped head. There are a few areas in which common names are needed and. Perspectives from the phenotype and the fossil record by j. Crotalus is a genus of venomous pit vipers found only in the americas from southern canada to northern argentina. Circular letter of basiliscus wikisource, the free. Crotalus basiliscus is a venomous pit viper species in the family viperidae. Crotalus basiliscus mexican west coast rattlesnake. One of the earliest references to fibrinolytic activity in c. American society of ichthyologists and herpetologists asih.
Basiliscus a reptile genus of iguanidae genus basiliscus reptile genus a genus of reptiles family iguania, family iguanidae, iguania, iguanidae. Morphological alterations caused by manual venom extraction on the. The genus contains four species, which are commonly known as the jesus christ lizard, or simply the jesus lizard, due to their ability to run across water for significant distances before sinking. Crotalus durissus durissus central american rattlesnake. Snake venoms, especially from the crotalidae family, contain a variety of enzymes that prevent blood coagulation by virtue of their fibrinolytic enzymes. Isolation and characterization of a hemorrhagic toxin from the venom of crotalus basiliscus, the mexican west coast rattlesnake. Sorry, we are unable to provide the full text but you may find it at the following locations. The emperor caesar basiliscus, pious, victorious, triumphant, supreme, everworshipful augustus, and marcus, the most illustrious caesar, to timotheus, archbishop of the great city of the alexandrians, most reverent and beloved. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. This species inhabits thornforest, tropical deciduous forest, and the. Crotalus basiliscus is a venomous pit viper species found in western mexico. Basiliscus was the brother of empress aelia verina, who was the wife of emperor leo i 457474.
According to evagrius scholasticus version reported by evagrius scholasticus 431594, ecclesiastical history, translated by e. Isolation of two hemorrhagic toxins from crotalus basiliscus basiliscus mexican west coast rattlesnake venom and their effect on blood clotting and complement. He was responsible for the failure of the expedition sent 468 against the vandals by his brotheri. The specific name, basiliscus, is derived from the greek word for king. Vibora endemica del occidente mexicano crotalus basiliscus. This page was last edited on 6 december 2014, at 05. Peroxisome er golgi apparatus nucleus mitochondrion manual annotation automatic computational. Basiliscus is a genus of large corytophanid lizards, commonly known as basilisks, which are endemic to southern mexico, central america, and northern south america. Crotalus basiliscus cope mexican west coast rattlesnake mccranie, james r. Higher taxa, viperidae, crotalinae, colubroidea, alethinophidia, serpentes, squamata snakes. Timber rattlesnakecrotalus horridus venom extraction krz duration. Large specimens have a prominent vertebral ridge on the anterior part of the body, shaped by high neural spines. Effect of crotalus basiliscus snake venom on the redox reaction of myoglobin.
Text is available under the creative commons attributionsharealike license. Mexican west coast rattlesnake crotalus basiliscus the. Mexican west coast rattlesnake, mexican green rattler, more. In this work, we have studied the effect of crotalus basiliscus snake venom on the redox reaction of myoglobin mb, and by means of electrochemical techniques, we have shown that this reaction is undoubtedly affected following the interaction with the venom. There are no subspecies which are recognized as being valid. The metalloproteinase composition and biochemical profiles of rattlesnake venom can be highly variable among rattlesnakes of the same species. Biochemicalcharacterization of basilase, a fibrinolytic. Snake venomics of the central american rattlesnake crotalus. The active principle, basilase, was isolated, purified, and found to have fibrinolytic and. Nineteen snake venoms were screened for fibrinolytic activity and the highest activity was found in the venom of crotalus basiliscus basiliscus venom.
Markland jr, stephen swenson, in handbook of proteolytic enzymes third edition, 20. It is highly variable in form and color, and is the. The genus is found only in the americas from southern canada to northern argentina, and member species are colloquially known as rattlesnakes. Flavius basiliscus ad 475476 hugh elton florida international university.
Southern california also has a remarkable species crotalus ruber, which has an oblong head, and whose markings are deep red or sometimes chestnut, upon a paler reddish ground. Effect of crotalus basiliscus snake venom on the redox. Pdf on sep 24, 2015, ruben alonso carbajal marquez and others published crotalus basiliscus mexican west coast rattlesnake. The rattlesnake of the plains crotalus confluentus is a lightcolored, obscurely marked, rather small species. Basiliscus plumifrons bonetti 2002 references edit fa bisby, yr roskov, ma ruggiero, tm orrell, le paglinawan, pw brewer, n bailly, j van hertum, eds 2007. Pdf on jun 24, 2015, ruben alonso carbajal marquez and others. Basiliscus synonyms, basiliscus pronunciation, basiliscus translation, english dictionary definition of basiliscus. The blacktail rattlesnake, crotalus molossus occurs from northern arizona to the southern edge of the mexican plateau and western arizona to central texas from sea level to around 2930 m stebbins 1985. Crotalus is a genus of venomous pit vipers in the family viperidae, known as rattlesnakes or rattlers. Toxicological profile of medically relevant crotalus species from mexico and their neutralization by a crotalus basiliscusbothrops asper antivenom.
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