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The What's New page will provide up-to-date information on the areas of the site we have recently enhanced. Each item will be dated, with the most recent at the top. These will be added to on a regular basis. 24 November 2015 Changes have been made to the snakes database to update taxonomic and clinical information, and distribution maps for the genus Acanthophis. In particular the new species Acanthophis cryptamydros has been added. 15 May 2015 Changes have been made to the poisonous mushrooms database to include new Clinical Classification groups, which can be searched using the Clinical Effects menu item. In addition, for subscribers we have provided a new Diagnostic Algorithm to assist diagnosis in mushroom poisoning. 7 May 2015 Changes have been made to the snakes database to update taxonomic information, and distribution maps for viperid snakes in the genera Montivipera and Protobothrops. 24 April 2015 Changes have been made to the snakes database to update taxonomic information for elapid snakes in the genera Calliophis and Sinomicrurus. 6 April 2015 Changes have been made to the poisonous plants database to update information for Aconitum species( Monkshood ). 26 March 2015 Changes have been made to the spiders database to include an additional 64 photographs. 12 September 2014 Changes have been made to the poisonous plants database to include an additional 855 photographs. 23 July 2014 Changes have been made to the snakes database to update taxonomic information, and distribution maps for the genus Crotalus. 16 July 2014 Changes have been made to the snakes database to update taxonomic information, and distribution maps for the genera Bothrops and Bothrocophias. 1 July 2014 Changes have been made to the snakes database to update taxonomic information, and distribution maps for the genus Walterinnesia. 24 June 2014 Changes have been made to the snakes database to update taxonomic and clinical information, and distribution maps for sea snakes in the genera Hydrophis and Enhydrina. 16 June 2014 Changes have been made to the snakes database to update taxonomic and clinical information, and distribution maps for elapid snakes in the genera Aspidelaps, Calliophis, Elapsoidea and Naja. 10 June 2014 Changes have been made to the snakes database to update taxonomic and clinical information, and distribution maps for all Australian elapid snakes. 19 May 2014 Changes have been made to the snakes database to update clinical information. 24 January 2014 Changes have been made to the marine invertebrates database to update clinical and treatment information. 22 January 2014 Changes have been made to the antivenoms database to update information on snake antivenoms. 11 December 2013 Changes have been made to the terrestrial vertebrates database to update information for existing species, and add poisonous frogs to the searchable database. 13 October 2013 Changes have been made to the snakes database to update taxonomic information. 22 August 2013 Changes have been made to the poisonous plants database to include an additional 100 photographs. 22 August 2013 Changes have been made to the poisonous plants database to update information for Phytolacca americana ( Pokeweed ). 26 June 2013 Changes have been made to the snakes database to reflect updated information on existing records, and the addition of another 118 photos of snakes. 15 April 2013 Updates have been made to the distribution maps for the snake genus Notechis. 22 March 2013 Changes have been made to the distribution maps for the snake species Bitis arietans and Dendroaspis polylepis, and their genus maps updated accordingly. 4 February 2013 Changes have been made to the poisonous plants database to update information for Gloriosa superba (Glory Lily). 13 December 2012 Changes have been made to the snakes database to update information and maps for Temple Pit Vipers, following systematic revision of the genus Tropidolaemus. 5 December 2012 Changes have been made to the spiders database to reflect updated information on taxonomy of Australian Funnel Web Spiders (Atrax, Hadronyche & Illawarra genera). 27 November 2012 Changes have been made to the poisonous plants database to update information for Cerbera manghas and C. odollam (Sea Mango & Pong-pong Tree). 22 November 2012 Changes have been made to the poisonous plants database to update information for Digitalis purpurea (Foxglove). 16 November 2012 Changes have been made to the snakes database to update information and maps for Taipans in Australia/ New Guinea, including redescription of Oxyuranus temporalis. 15 November 2012 Changes have been made to the snakes database to reflect updated information on existing records, and the addition of another 65 photos of snakes. 9 November 2012 Changes have been made to the snakes database to update information and maps for Black Snakes in Australia/ New Guinea, following systematic revision of the genus Pseudechis. 6 August 2012 Changes have been made to the snakes database to update relevant information following systematic revision of the genus Daboia. 1 August 2012 Changes have been made to the snakes database to include additional classification according to Subfamily for Front-fanged Colubroid Snakes (Elapidae and Viperidae). 23 July 2012 Changes have been made to the snakes database to reflect updated information on the taxonomy of Non-front-fanged Colubroid Snakes (formerly known as Colubrids), including reclassification according to Family and Subfamily. 2 July 2012 Changes have been made to the antivenoms database to include snake and scorpion antivenoms produced by Sanofi-Pasteur, Sanofi-Pasteur MD and Vacsera. 22 June 2012 Weever fishes (9 species) have been added to the marine vertebrates database, including taxonomic and venom data, biological and clinical information, photos and distribution maps. 14 June 2012 Improvements have been made to the diagnostic function of the Scorpions Treatment Search page available to only to subscribers. 18 May 2012 Changes have been made to the snakes database to reflect updated information on taxonomy of the Western and Prairie rattlesnakes (Crotalus oreganus / C. viridis complex). 7 March 2012 Changes have been made to the snakes database to update information and maps for Brown Snakes in Australia/ New Guinea, following systematic revision of the genus Pseudonaja. 28 February 2012 Changes have been made to the scorpions database to reflect updated information on taxonomy of 33 North / Central American scorpions (Family: Vaejovidae ). Also common names have been added for 30 species of scorpions. 17 November 2011 Changes have been made to the antivenoms database to reflect updated information on species coverage, and manufacturer's information. 15 November 2011 Changes have been made to the snakes database to reflect updated information on taxonomy of Central American rattlesnakes (Crotalus simus). 15 November 2011 Changes have been made to the antivenoms database to reflect updated information on species coverage, and manufacturer's information for Instituto Clodomiro Picado (Costa Rica). 28 October 2011 Changes have been made to the poisonous plants database to update information for Allamanda cathartica (Yellow Allamanda) and Ilex aquifolium (Holly). 25 October 2011 Changes have been made to the poisonous plants database to update information for Datura spp. (Thornapple), Conium maculatum (Hemlock) and Aesculus hippocastanum (Horse Chestnut). 17 October 2011 Changes have been made to the poisonous plants database to update information for Atropa belladonna (Deadly Nightshade) and Hyoscyamus niger (Henbane). 5 October 2011 Changes have been made to the snakes database to update all information for Death Adders, following systematic revision of the genus Acanthophis. 15 September 2011 Changes have been made to the marine vertebrates database to reflect updated information on the taxonomy of three Australian stingray species. 13 July 2011 Changes have been made to the antivenoms database to reflect updated information on CSL Antivenoms. 17 June 2011 Changes have been made to the poisonous plants database to limit the number of species records so that only plants with clinical information are displayed (282 plant species). 11 March 2011 Changes have been made to the poisonous plants database to reflect updated information on existing records. 14 May 2010 Changes have been made to the poisonous plants database to reflect updated information on existing records. 3 February 2010 Changes have been made to the poisonous plants database to reflect updated information on existing records. 13 January 2009 Changes have been made to the marine vertebrates database to reflect updated information on existing records, including distribution maps for 16 freshwater stingray species. 20 October 2008 Changes have been made to the poisonous plants database to reflect updated information on existing records, and the addition of 65 species. 1 August 2008 Changes have been made to the snakes and scorpions databases to reflect updated information on existing records. 29 July 2008 Changes have been made to the poisonous plants database to reflect updated information on existing records, and the addition of species. 13 June 2008 Changes have been made to the marine vertebrates database to reflect updated information on existing records. 1 May 2008 Changes have been made to the snakes database to reflect updated information on existing records. 21 April 2008 Changes have been made to the scorpions database to reflect updated information on existing records. 14 April 2008 Changes have been made to the poisonous plants database to reflect updated information on existing records, and the addition of species. 11 March 2008 Changes have been made to the poisonous plants database to reflect updated information on existing records, including addition of 44 photographs. 21 February 2008 Changes have been made to the marine vertebrates database to reflect updated information on existing records, including 280 stingray photographs, and the addition of 100 stingray species. 6 February 2008 Changes have been made to the poisonous plants database to reflect updated information on existing records, including photographs, and the addition of 28 plant species. 29 January 2008 Changes have been made to the scorpions database and the snakes database to reflect updated information on existing records. 21 December 2007 Changes have been made to the scorpions database to reflect updated information on existing scorpion records, and the addition of 16 species, including their distribution maps. 26 November 2007 Changes have been made to the snakes database to reflect updated information on existing snake records, and the addition of 24 species, including their distribution maps. 25 October 2007 Changes have been made to the poisonous plants database to reflect updated information on existing records, and the addition of 17 plant species. 19 September 2007 Changes have been made to the scorpions and marine invertebrates databases to reflect updated information on existing records. 16 August 2007 The site has been completely revitalised to address performance issues, so that retrieval of species records is now operating at optimal efficiency, and accessibility is expected to be more reliable. 5 July 2007 The poisonous plants database has been expanded, to include over 2000 additional records species with detailed infomation about their toxins. Descriptions, biological and clinical information are available for many species, and will be added to regularly, together with photos. 20 June 2007 Changes have been made to the scorpions database to reflect updated information on 35 existing records. 25 May 2007 Changes have been made to the scorpions database to reflect updated information on existing records, and the addition of 27 scorpion species. Changes have been made to the poisonous mushrooms and marine invertebrates databases to reflect updated information on existing records. 24 May 2007 Changes have been made to the snakes database to reflect updated information on existing records, in particular Clinical and Treatment information for Australian snakes. 9 May 2007 Changes have been made to the snakes database to reflect updated information on existing snake records, and the addition of 2 species, including the newly discovered species of Taipan. 7 May 2007 Changes have been made to the scorpions database to reflect updated information on existing records, in particular Clinical and Treatment information on over 700 species, and the addition of 18 scorpion species. 4 May 2007 Changes have been made to the poisonous mushrooms database to reflect updated information on existing records. 23 March 2007 Changes have been made to the marine invertebrates database to reflect updated information on taxonomy, and the addition of 226 colour photos for 148 species of worldwide Conus species. 22 February 2007 Changes have been made to the scorpions database to reflect updated information on venoms and case summaries, and to the marine vertebrates and marine invertebrates databases to reflect updated information on venoms. 15 February 2007 Changes have been made to the poisonous mushrooms database to reflect updated information on existing records, and the addition of another 40 photos. The first aid database has been updated. 7 February 2007 Changes have been made to the snakes database to reflect updated information on existing snake records, changes in the scientific naming of many snake species, replacement of Distribution Maps, and the addition of 5 species records. 17 January 2007 Changes have been made to the poisonous mushrooms database to reflect updated information on existing records, and the addition of 116 species records and 75 photos.15 December 2006 Changes have been made to the scorpions database to reflect updated information on venoms and case summaries. 8 November 2006 Changes have been made to the marine vertebrates database to reflect updated information on venoms and case summaries. 1 November 2006 Changes have been made to the snakes database to reflect updated information on existing snake records and replacement of Distribution Maps. 25 October 2006 Changes have been made to the scorpions database to reflect updated information on venoms and case summaries. 4 October 2006 Changes have been made to the marine invertebrates database to reflect updated information on the venom of Cone Shells. 28 september 2006 Changes have been made to the snakes database to reflect updated information on existing snake records, addition of photos and replacement of Distribution Maps for 39 snake species. 14 September 2006 Changes have been made to the scorpions database to reflect updated information on existing records for 50 scorpion species. 11 September 2006 Case Reports for Stingray Injuries have been added to the overview pages for marine vertebrates.6 September 2006 Changes have been made to the terrestrial vertebrates database to reflect updated information on existing records, and the addition of 6 species of shrews and 5 species of poisonous birds, including some photos.30 August 2006 Changes have been made to the snakes database to reflect updated information on existing snake records, and the addition of 41 snake species. 23 August 2006 Changes have been made to the snakes database to reflect updated information on existing records. 16 August 2006 Changes have been made to the snakes database to reflect updated information on existing records, and changes in the scientific naming of many snake species. Distribution Maps have been added for 27 genera of snakes. 31 July 2006 Changes have been made to the scorpions database to reflect updated information on existing records, and the addition of 34 scorpion species. Species Distribution Maps have been added for 28 genera of scorpions. 28 June 2006 Changes have been made to the scorpions database to reflect updated information on existing records, and the addition of 345 scorpion species. Species Distribution Maps have been added for 75 genera of scorpions. 10 May 2006 Changes have been made to the snakes database to reflect updated information on existing records, and changes in the scientific naming of many snake species. 3 May 2006 Changes have been made to the scorpions database to reflect updated information on existing records, and significant changes in the scientific naming of many scorpion species. 10 February 2006 Changes have been made to the scorpions database to reflect updated for the genera; Afroisometrus, Thestylus, Tityobuthus and Vaejovis. 23 December 2005 Photographs have been added for 2 species of jellyfish; Carukia barnesi ( Irukandji ) and Chironex fleckeri ( Chironex Box Jellyfish ). 19 December 2005 Updates have been made to the scorpion and snakes databases and Species Distribution Maps have been added for 6 genera of scorpions and 2 genera of spiders. 28 November 2005 Updates have been made to the scorpions database and Species Distribution Maps have been added for 33 genera of scorpions. 17 November 2005 Updates have been made to the scorpions database and Species Distribution Maps have been added for 5 genera of scorpions. 10 November 2005 Changes have been made to the scorpions database to reflect updated Clinical information for the genus Androctonus. Species Distribution Maps have been added for 6 genera of scorpions. 7 November 2005 Photographs have been added for 50 species of scorpions. 2 November 2005 Updates have been made to the scorpions database and Species Distribution Maps have been added for 113 species of scorpions in the genera Tityus and Centruroides. 27 October 2005 Updates have been made to the scorpions database and Species Distribution Maps have been added for 12 genera of scorpions. 21 October 2005 Updates have been made to the scorpions database and Species Distribution Maps have been added for 17 genera of scorpions. 12 October 2005 Changes have been made to the scorpions database to include descriptions for 4 genera in the following families; Buthidae and Pseudochactidae. Species Distribution Maps have been added for 16 genera of scorpions. 4 October 2005 Changes have been made to the scorpions database to include descriptions for 80 genera in the following families; Bothriuridae, Buthidae, Caraboctonidae, Chactidae, Chaerilidae, Euscorpiidae, Hemiscorpiidae, Iuridae, Microcharmidae, Scorpionidae, Superstitioniidae and Vaejovidae. 22 August 2005 Changes have been made to the scorpions database to include generic descriptions of more than 500 scorpion species. Species Distribution Maps have been added for five genera of scorpions. 3 August 2005 Changes have been made to the scorpions database to reflect updated information on existing records, and significant changes in the scientific naming of many scorpion species. Species Distribution Maps have been added for seven genera of scorpions. 15 July 2005 Species Distribution Maps have been added for seven genera of scorpions. 13 July 2005 Changes have been made to the scorpions database to reflect updated Taxonomic, Biological and Clinical information for a number of genera. 20 June 2005 Changes have been made to the scorpions database to reflect updated Taxonomic, Biological and Clinical information in more than 200 existing records for the families Scorpionidae, Superstitioniidae, Vaejovidae and Chactidae, including species distribution maps. 6 June 2005 Boas, Pythons and File snakes have been added to the snakes database, including of 75 species in the Boidae family and 3 species in the Acrochordidae family. 30 May 2005 Changes have been made to the marine invertebrates database to include the common names for approx. 300 Conus species. 27 May 2005 20 additional species of recently described Venomous snakes in the genera Atropoides, Bothrops, Cerrophidion, Crotalus, Echis, Elapsoidea, Lachesis, Leptomicrurus, Micrurus, Naja, Porthidium and Trimeresurus have been added to the snakes database. 15 additional species of Colubrid snakes in the genera Calamaria, Clelia, Conophis, Dendrelaphis, Dipsas, Geophis, Hemirhagerris, Liopholidophis, Oligodon, Phalotris, Pseudoboodon, Sibon, Tantilla and Tomodon have been added to the snakes database. 25 May 2005 Changes have been made to the scorpions database to reflect updated information on 60 existing records, and significant changes in the scientific naming of many scorpion species. 20 May 2005 Changes have been made to the snakes database to reflect updated information on many existing snake records, and the addition of 119 species of aglyphous Colubrid snakes, 25 species of rear-fanged Colubrid snakes. 11 May 2005 Changes have been made to the snakes database to reflect updated information on many existing snake records, and the addition of 36 species of aglyphous Colubrid snakes, 37 species of rear-fanged Colubrid snakes. 18 April 2005 Changes have been made to the snakes database to reflect updated information on many existing snake records, and the addition of 41 species of aglyphous Colubrid snakes, 35 species of rear-fanged Colubrid snakes 11 April 2005 Changes have been made to the snakes database to reflect updated information on many existing snake records, and the addition of 270 species of aglyphous Colubrid snakes, 32 species of rear-fanged Colubrid snakes, including the genus Philodryas. 29 March 2005 Changes have been made to the snakes database to reflect updated information on many existing snake records, and the addition of 88 species of aglyphous Colubrid snakes, 13 species of rear-fanged Colubrid snakes. 21 March 2005 Changes have been made to the snakes database to reflect updated information on many existing snake records, and the addition of 41 species of aglyphous Colubrid snakes, 6 species of rear-fanged Colubrid snakes. 14 March 2005 Changes have been made to the snakes database to reflect updated information on many existing snake records, and the addition of 63 species of aglyphous Colubrid snakes. 28 February 2005 Changes have been made to the snakes database to reflect updated information on many existing snake records, and the addition of 80 species of aglyphous Colubrid snakes, 39 species of rear-fanged Colubrid snakes and 27 species of Atractaspid snakes. 4 November 2004 Changes have been made to the snakes database to reflect updated information on many existing snake records, and the addition of 94 species of rear-fanged Colubrid snakes and 7 species of Atractaspid snakes. 27 October 2004 Changes have been made to the snakes database to reflect updated information on many existing snake records, and the addition of 113 species of aglyphous Colubrid snakes. 13 October 2004 The site has been completely revitalised to address performance issues, so that retrieval of species records is now operating at optimal efficiency, and accessibility is expected to be more reliable than ever before. 31 July 2004 Additonal species of Poisonous Frogs have been added, and the snakes database has been sigificantly updated. 16 July 2004 Poisonous Frogs are now included in the animals covered by the Clinical Toxinology Resources Website. A new set of static pages has been added for about 100 species of Poisonous Frogs from Australia, Madagascar and Central/South America, which are accessible through the Terrestrial Vertebrates Overview pages. 29 April 2004 We are actively working on improving the efficiency of retrieval of species records, since the amount of data on the site has grown somewhat since it was launched, leading to some degradation of performance. This should be in place within the next two months, and then we will be embarking on some some major updates to the content. The pages giving information on the Clinical Toxinology Courses have been updated. 19 February 2004 25 species of opisthoglyphous snakes have been added to the snakes database, for the following Colubrid genera: Alluaudina, Chionactis, Geodipsas, Ialtris, Ithycyphus, Langaha, Madagascarophis, Mimophis. 5 February 2004 16 species of opisthoglyphous snakes have been added to the snakes database, for the following Colubrid genus: Rhabdophis 29 January 2004 20 species of snakes have been added to the snakes database, for the following Colubrid genera: Cercophis, Compsophis, Dromicodryas, Hypsirhynchus, Leioheterodon Lycognathophis, Micropisthodon, Nerodia. 23 December 2003 A number of photographs of snakes have been added. 17 December 2003 11 species of snakes have been added to the snakes database, for the following Colubrid genera: Heterodon, Lampropeltis. 4 December 2003 15 species of snakes have been added to the snakes database, for the following Colubrid genera: Clonophis, Leptophis, Regina. 20 November 2003 12 species of opisthoglyphous snakes have been added to the snakes database, for the following Colubrid genera: Chilomeniscus, Crotaphopeltis, Hologerrhum, Pythonodipsas, Trimorphodon. 13 November 2003 19 species of Colubrid snakes in 15 genera have been added to the snakes database. A number of photographs of snakes have been added. 5 November 2003 11 species of Colubrid snakes in the genus Stegonotus have been added to the snakes database. 31 October 2003 21 species of Colubrid snakes in the genus Dendrelaphis have been added to the snakes database. A number of photographs of snakes, spiders and scorpions have been added. 24 October 2003 11 species of Colubrid snakes in the genus Pseudoxyrhopus have been added to the snakes database. 9 October 2003 Changes have been made to the snakes database to reflect updated information for about 300 snake species. 5 September 2003 24 additional species of Colubrid snakes in the genus Psammophis have been added to the snakes database. 28 August 2003 Changes have been made to the snakes database to reflect updated information for more than 300 snake species. 5 additional species of Colubrid snakes in the genus Spalerosophis have been added to the snakes database. 3 July 2003 Information has been updated for the following snake genera : Adelophis, Adelphicos , Ahaetulla , Amastridium , Amplorhinus , Arizona , Aspidura , Amblyodipsas , Balanophis , Bitia , Boiruna , Brygophis. 19 June 2003 Information has been updated for the Australian Elapidae genera : Simoselaps and Suta, and for the New Guinea Elapidae genus : Aspidomorphus. 5 June 2003 Information has been updated for the Australian Elapidae genera : Acanthophis, Austrelaps, Demansia, Drysdalia and Vermicella. African snake common names and local names listed by Pitman (1974) "Snakes of Uganda" have been added, and the record for the African viper Causus maculatus has been completed. 29 May 2003 18 additional species of Colubrid snakes in the genera Conopsis, Heteroliodon, Macroprotodon, Toxicodryas, Prosymna have been added to the snakes database 22 May 2003 18 additional species of Colubrid snakes in the genera Conophis, Exallodontophis, Natriciteres, Pararhadinaea, Psomophis, Rhabdops, Rhynchocalamus, Seminatrix, Senticolis, Tantalophis have been added to the snakes database 16 May 2003 Changes have been made to the snakes database to reflect updated information
for existing species in the following genus: 18 additional species of Colubrid snakes in the genera Dipsina, Drymarchon, Geophis, Hydromorphus, Scaphiophis, Urotheca have been added to the snakes database 8 May 2003 Changes have been made to the snakes database to reflect revision of the taxonomy
of existing and new species for the following genus: 1 May 2003 Changes have been made to the snakes database to reflect revision of the taxonomy
of existing and new species for the following genera: 24 April 2003 41 additional species of Colubrid snakes in the genus Geophis have been added to the snakes database 17 April 2003 27 additional species of Colubrid snakes in the genus Thamnophis have been added to the snakes database 10 April 2003 35 additional species of Colubrid snakes in the genus Rhadinaea have been added to the snakes database 27 March 2003 14 additional species of Atractaspid snakes in the genera Amblyodipsas and Xenocalamus, and 2 Colubrid snakes in the genus Symphimus, have been added to the snakes database 20 March 2003 Changes have been made to the snakes database to reflect revision of the taxonomy
of existing and new species for the following genera: 28 February 2003 Changes have been made to the snakes database to reflect revision of the taxonomy
of existing and new species for the following genera: 20 February 2003 Five new species of venomous snakes have been added to the snakes database; Bothriechis thalassinus, Bothrops muriciensis, Hydrophis laboutei, Triceratolepidophis sieversorum and Timeresurus vogeli. In addition another 14 species of Colubrid snakes in the genera Chironius and Omoadiphas have been incorporated. 13 February 2003 15 additional species of Colubrid snakes in the genera Adelophis , Rhadinophanes, and Sibon have been added to the snakes database 6 February 2003 The snakes database records for many species of Venomous snakes have been updated, including selected species in the genera Atheris, Amplorhinus, Atractaspis, Bothrops, Gloydius, Madagascarophis and Vipera 19 December 2002 39 additional species of Colubrid snakes in the genera Dipsas and Liopholidophis have been added to the snakes database 12 December 2002 5 additional species of recently described Venomous snakes in the genera Atheris, Bothrops, Hydrophis, and Micrurus have been added to the snakes database. 5 December 2002 16 additional species of Colubrid snakes in the genera Dipsadoboa, Pseudoboodon, and Saphenophis have been added to the snakes database. 14 November 2002 Further updates of Taxonomy and Species Maps data for Spiders in the genus Loxosceles have been made. 7 November 2002 More information, including Taxonomy data and Species Maps, has been added to the Marine Vertebrates database for 48 species of Rays. 31 October 2002 Further updates of Taxonomy and Species Maps data for Spiders in the genus Loxosceles have been made. 17 October 2002 Extensive updates of Taxonomy and Species Maps data for Spiders in the genus Loxosceles have been made. 15 October 2002 9 additional species of rear-fanged Colubrid snakes in the Leptodeira genus have been added to the snakes database. The Taxonomy and Species Maps data for Spiders have been updated, in particular for North American species in the genus Loxosceles 19 September 2002 The Taxonomy data for Spiders have been updated, in particular for the genus Loxosceles. 12 September 2002 16 additional species of Colubrid snakes in the genera Boiruna, Clelia, Eridiphas, and Psammophylax have been added to the snakes database. 5 September 2002 The Venom Research data for the following sections have been updated in the Subscriber Section of the site: Scorpions, Spiders, Marine Invertebrates. 29 August 2002 11 additional species of Colubrid snakes in the genera Amastridium, Arizona, Chapinophis and Ficimia have been added to the snakes database. In addition the Venom Research data for the following sections have been updated in the Subscriber Section of the site: Snakes, Scorpions, Spiders, Marine Vertebrates, Marine Invertebrates. 20 August 2002 The Web version of the Australian CSL Antivenom Handbook has been updated to the Second Edition (2001) 14 August 2002 14 additional species of Colubrid snakes in the genera Ahaetulla, Aspidura and Brygophis have been added to the snakes database. In addition the following has been updated in the Subscriber Section of the site: Scorpions Venom Research, Spiders Venom Research data. 8 August 2002 16 additional species of Colubrid snakes have been added to the snakes database, including 10 species with rear-fangs. In addition the following has been updated in the Subscriber Section of the site: Scorpions Venom Research, Clinical Effects and Treatment data. 1 August 2002 52 additional species of Colubrid snakes in the Calamaria genus have been added to the snakes database. In addition the following has been updated in the Subscriber Section of the site: Scorpions Venom Research data 9 July 2002 18 additional species of Colubrid snakes in the Topdonophis genus have been added to the snakes database. In addition the following has been updated in the Subscriber Section of the site: Scorpions Venom Research data. 6 July 2002 The Clinical and Treatment data have been updated for two species of jellyfish: Chironex fleckeri (Australian box jellyfish) and Carukia barnesi (Irukandji). Subscribers now have access to Clinical Case Summaries and a Simplified Treatment Flow Chart for Irukandji stings. 4 July 2002 20 additional species of Colubrid snakes in the Enhydris genus have been added to the snakes database. In addition the following have been updated in the Subscriber Section of the site: Clinical Case Summaries for snakes, spiders, scorpions, terrestrial vertebrates and marine -vertebrates & -invertebrates; Scorpions Venom Research data. 21 June 2002 At the launch of the site, the repertoire of species covered includes: 681 venomous snakes, 192 venomous spiders, 1254 scorpions, 13 other terrestrial invertebrates, 3 terrestrial vertebrates, 116 venomous fish, 394 ciguatoxin- and tetrodotoxin- containing fish, 464 venomous marine invertebrates, 11 poisonous shellfish, 24 poisonous plants and 2 poisonous mushrooms. Overview pages are available on Snake - Taxonomy,Venoms and Snakebite - Clinical Effects, Diagnosis and Treatment (and for subscribers Snake Scale Counts).
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