Japan Snake Institute

Recent papers from Japan Snake Institute

1. Semi-nested PCR for molecular identification of snake species from human snakebite wounds: recovery of snake DNA where conventional PCR failsToxicon · 2026
2. Enhancing Snakebite Surveillance Through Molecular Tools: Development of Species-Specific Polymerase Chain Reaction Primers for Snakes in JapanAmerican Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2026
3. Embryonic development and cranial ossification of the Japanese Aodaishō, Elaphe climacophora (Serpentes: Colubridae): with special reference to the prootic bone and auditory evolution in snakesThe Anatomical Record · 2024
4. Barriers to the hospital treatment among Bede snake charmers in Bangladesh with special reference to venomous snakebitePLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2023
5. Determination and Comparison of CO2 and Air Pollutants Emitted From the Exhaust Gas of Selected Electric GeneratorsMaǧallaẗ ǧāmiʿaẗ al-Sulṭān Qābūs li-l-ʿulūm/Sultan Qaboos University journal for science · 2022
6. Rhabdophis tigrinus (Yamakagashi) Bites in Japan Over the Last 50 Years: A Retrospective SurveyFrontiers in Public Health · 2022
7. Evaluation of a Treatment Algorithm for Tsushima Mamushi (Gloydius tsushimaensis) Snakebites, after Its Introduction to Tsushima Island, Nagasaki, JapanInternal Medicine · 2021
8. Distribution of β-Thalassemia and Other Hemoglobinopathies in Bangladeshi University Students and Ready-Made Garment WorkersRisk Management and Healthcare Policy · 2021
9. Treatment and Mortality of Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in Adult Critically Ill Patients: A Systematic Review With Pooled AnalysisCritical Care Medicine · 2020
10. Prawn parade: notes on Macrobrachium australiense Holthius, 1950 climbing vertical concrete overflow steps at Gold Creek Reservoir, QueenslandMarine and Freshwater Research · 2019
11. Early pathology in venom-induced consumption coagulopathy byRhabdophis tigrinus(Yamakagashi snake) envenomationClinical Toxicology · 2019
12. Comparative Study of Biological Activities of Venom from Colubrid Snakes Rhabdophis tigrinus (Yamakagashi) and Rhabdophis lateralisToxins · 2017
13. Seasonal Activity Pattern of a Nocturnal Fossorial Snake,Achalinus spinalis(Serpentes: Xenodermidae)Current Herpetology · 2017
14. Clinical Serum Therapy: Benefits, Cautions, and Potential ApplicationsThe Keio Journal of Medicine · 2017
15. Venomous snake bites: clinical diagnosis and treatmentJournal of Intensive Care · 2015
16. Efficient embryonic culture method for the J apanese striped snake, E laphe quadrivirgata, and its early developmental stagesDevelopment Growth & Differentiation · 2014
17. Potentially fatal coagulopathy secondary to yamakagashi ( R habdophis tigrinus) bites that completely recovered with antivenom treatmentAcute Medicine & Surgery · 2014
18. Rhabdophis tigrinus is not a pit viper but its bites result in venom-induced consumptive coagulopathy similar to many viper bitesJournal of Intensive Care · 2014
19. Effect of antivenom therapy of Rhabdophis tigrinus (Yamakagashi snake) bitesJournal of Intensive Care · 2014
20. Clinical characteristics of yamakagashi (Rhabdophis tigrinus) bites: a national survey in Japan, 2000–2013Journal of Intensive Care · 2014