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I found it interesting in what type of anti vens are used for different species ....
Immunotype
Treatment of snakebite in a clinical setting depends in part on the immunotype to which the speces belongs. The Snake Venom Detection Kit (SVDK) helps with determining this information. However, if a reliable identification is made from the specimen, treatment can proceed without use of the SVDK if the immunotype is known. The table below gives the immunotype for a number of land snake species.
Land Snake Immunotypes
SpeciesAntivenomInitial DoseBardick, Echiopsis curta Death Adder1 vial
Black Tiger Snake, island tiger snake, Notechis ater ater Tiger Snake1 vial
Blue-Bellied Black Snake, spotted black snake, Pseudechis guttatus Tiger Snake1 vial
Broad-Headed Snakes, Hoplocephalus spp. Tiger Snake1 vial
Butler's Black Snake, Pseudechis butleri Black Snake1 vial
Chappell Island Tiger Snake, Notechis ater serventyi Tiger Snake4 vials
Clarence River Snake, rough-scaled snake, Tropidechis carinatus[COLOR=#0] Tiger Snake[/COLOR]1 vial
Collett's Snake, Pseudechis colletti Black Snake1 vial
Coastal Taipan, taipan, Oxyuranus scutellatus Taipan1 vial
Copperheads, Austrelaps superbus, A. ramsayi Tiger Snake1 vial
Curl Snake, Suta suta Polyvalent1 vial
Death Adders, Acanthophis spp. Death Adder1 vial
Dugite, Pseudonaja affinis Brown Snake1 vial
Eastern Brown Snake, Pseudonaja textilis Brown Snake1 vial
Fierce Snake, inland taipan, small-scaled snake, western taipan, Oxyuranus microlepidotus Taipan1 vial
Gwardar, western brown snake, Pseudonaja nuchalis Brown Snake1 vial
Inland Taipan, fierce snake, small-scaled snake, western taipan, Oxyuranus microlepidotus Taipan1 vial
"King Brown" Snake, mulga snake, Pseudechis australis Black Snake1 vial
Mainland Tiger Snake, Notechis scutatus Tiger Snake1 vial
Mulga Snake, "king brown" snake, Pseudechis australis Black Snake1 vial
Papuan Black Snake, Pseudechis papuanis Black Snake1 vial
Pygmy Mulga Snake, Pseudechis pailsii Tiger Snake1 vial
Red-Bellied Black Snake, Pseudechis porphyriacus Tiger Snake1 vial
Rough-Scaled Snake, Clarence River snake, Tropidechis carinatus Tiger Snake1 vial
Small-Scaled Snake, fierce snake, inland taipan, western taipan, Oxyuranus microlepidotus Taipan1 vial
Speckled Brown Snake, Pseudonaja guttata Brown Snake1 vial
Spotted Black Snake, blue-bellied black snake, Pseudechis guttatus Tiger Snake1 vial
Stephen's Banded Snake, Notechis stephensi Tiger Snake1 vial
Taipan, coastal taipan, Oxyuranus scutellatus Taipan1 vial
Western Brown Snake, gwardar, Pseudonaja nuchalis Brown Snake1 vial
Western Taipan, fierce snake, inland taipan, western taipan, Oxyuranus microlepidotus Taipan1 vial
Whip Snakes, Demansia spp. Tiger Snake1 vial
Immunotype
Treatment of snakebite in a clinical setting depends in part on the immunotype to which the speces belongs. The Snake Venom Detection Kit (SVDK) helps with determining this information. However, if a reliable identification is made from the specimen, treatment can proceed without use of the SVDK if the immunotype is known. The table below gives the immunotype for a number of land snake species.
Land Snake Immunotypes
SpeciesAntivenomInitial DoseBardick, Echiopsis curta Death Adder1 vial
Black Tiger Snake, island tiger snake, Notechis ater ater Tiger Snake1 vial
Blue-Bellied Black Snake, spotted black snake, Pseudechis guttatus Tiger Snake1 vial
Broad-Headed Snakes, Hoplocephalus spp. Tiger Snake1 vial
Butler's Black Snake, Pseudechis butleri Black Snake1 vial
Chappell Island Tiger Snake, Notechis ater serventyi Tiger Snake4 vials
Clarence River Snake, rough-scaled snake, Tropidechis carinatus[COLOR=#0] Tiger Snake[/COLOR]1 vial
Collett's Snake, Pseudechis colletti Black Snake1 vial
Coastal Taipan, taipan, Oxyuranus scutellatus Taipan1 vial
Copperheads, Austrelaps superbus, A. ramsayi Tiger Snake1 vial
Curl Snake, Suta suta Polyvalent1 vial
Death Adders, Acanthophis spp. Death Adder1 vial
Dugite, Pseudonaja affinis Brown Snake1 vial
Eastern Brown Snake, Pseudonaja textilis Brown Snake1 vial
Fierce Snake, inland taipan, small-scaled snake, western taipan, Oxyuranus microlepidotus Taipan1 vial
Gwardar, western brown snake, Pseudonaja nuchalis Brown Snake1 vial
Inland Taipan, fierce snake, small-scaled snake, western taipan, Oxyuranus microlepidotus Taipan1 vial
"King Brown" Snake, mulga snake, Pseudechis australis Black Snake1 vial
Mainland Tiger Snake, Notechis scutatus Tiger Snake1 vial
Mulga Snake, "king brown" snake, Pseudechis australis Black Snake1 vial
Papuan Black Snake, Pseudechis papuanis Black Snake1 vial
Pygmy Mulga Snake, Pseudechis pailsii Tiger Snake1 vial
Red-Bellied Black Snake, Pseudechis porphyriacus Tiger Snake1 vial
Rough-Scaled Snake, Clarence River snake, Tropidechis carinatus Tiger Snake1 vial
Small-Scaled Snake, fierce snake, inland taipan, western taipan, Oxyuranus microlepidotus Taipan1 vial
Speckled Brown Snake, Pseudonaja guttata Brown Snake1 vial
Spotted Black Snake, blue-bellied black snake, Pseudechis guttatus Tiger Snake1 vial
Stephen's Banded Snake, Notechis stephensi Tiger Snake1 vial
Taipan, coastal taipan, Oxyuranus scutellatus Taipan1 vial
Western Brown Snake, gwardar, Pseudonaja nuchalis Brown Snake1 vial
Western Taipan, fierce snake, inland taipan, western taipan, Oxyuranus microlepidotus Taipan1 vial
Whip Snakes, Demansia spp. Tiger Snake1 vial