Crotalus is a genus of venomous pit vipers found only in the americas from southern canada to northern argentina. The name comes from the greek word krotalon, which means rattle, referring to the rattle on the end of the tail. Basilisk rattlesnake crotalus basiliscus inaturalist. 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. 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. Crotalus simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Flavius basiliscus was the brother of verina, leo is widow and probably came from the balkans. There are no subspecies which are recognized as being valid.
Isolation and characterization of a hemorrhagic toxin from the venom of crotalus basiliscus, the mexican west coast rattlesnake. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. 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 durissus durissus central american rattlesnake. He was the brother of verina, wife of the eastern emperor leo i ruled 457474.
Peroxisome er golgi apparatus nucleus mitochondrion manual annotation automatic computational. Text is available under the creative commons attributionsharealike license. 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. Basiliscus was the brother of empress aelia verina, who was the wife of emperor leo i 457474. Crotalus basiliscus mexican west coast rattlesnake. 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. Thirtyseven snake species that are found in chihuahua are distributed from the united states to mexico arizona. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. The active principle, basilase, was isolated, purified, and found to have fibrinolytic and. 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 basiliscus is a venomous pit viper species found in western mexico.
Sorry, we are unable to provide the full text but you may find it at the following locations. Circular letter of basiliscus wikisource, the free. Basilysin is the fibrinolytic enzyme from crotalus basiliscus basiliscus mexican west coast rattlesnake venom. American society of ichthyologists and herpetologists asih. This species inhabits thornforest, tropical deciduous forest, and the. Fibrinolytic enzymes from the venoms of agkistrodon contortrix contortrix and crotalus basiliscus basiliscus. Reproduction in the blacktail rattlesnake, crotalus. The other three species belong to a more primitive genus, sistrurus, which includes the north american massasauga s. 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. The abstract is as follows we assembled a dataset of 192 carefully selected species 51 extinct. One of the earliest references to fibrinolytic activity in c. Morphological alterations caused by manual venom extraction on the. A experiment outline and indicated lethal dose injections using venoms from b crotalus adamanteus eastern diamondback rattlesnake, c crotalus basiliscus mexican westcoast rattlesnake. This page serves supplemental imagery for a paper entitled assembling the squamate tree of life.
Crotalus durissus cascavella neotropical rattlesnake. Basiliscus a reptile genus of iguanidae genus basiliscus reptile genus a genus of reptiles family iguania, family iguanidae, iguania, iguanidae. Surface plasmon resonance, electrophoresis, uvvis, and circular dichroism showed that the interaction involves the attachment of. The specific name, basiliscus, is derived from the greek word for king. Timber rattlesnakecrotalus horridus venom extraction krz duration. He was responsible for the failure of the expedition sent 468 against the vandals by his brotheri. Isolation and characterization of a hemorrhagic toxin from. The biology of this species is summarized in price 1980. Crotalus is a genus of venomous pit vipers in the family viperidae, known as rattlesnakes or rattlers.
This page was last edited on 6 december 2014, at 05. The genus is found only in the americas from southern canada to northern argentina, and member species are colloquially known as rattlesnakes. Download hires imagedownload to mspowerpointcite this. Large specimens have a prominent vertebral ridge on the anterior part of the body, shaped by high neural spines. In 468 basiliscus was given supreme command of a vast eastern roman force that sought to expel the vandals from africa.
Viper simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Behlke bulletin of the peabody museum of natural history, 53, 3308, 2012. Markland jr, stephen swenson, in handbook of proteolytic enzymes third edition, 20. 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. The venoms of the south american crotalus subspecies belong to one of two. Basiliscus had a military career under leo and reached the consulate in 465. 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. 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. Crotalus basiliscus cope mexican west coast rattlesnake mccranie, james r. This image is licensed under creative commons attribution 2. Nineteen snake venoms were screened for fibrinolytic activity and the highest activity was found in the venom of crotalus basiliscus basiliscus venom. Basiliscus synonyms, basiliscus pronunciation, basiliscus translation, english dictionary definition of basiliscus.
Lewis and charles short 1879 a latin dictionary, oxford. According to evagrius scholasticus version reported by evagrius scholasticus 431594, ecclesiastical history, translated by e. Digimorph basiliscus basiliscusjesus christ lizard. 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. Higher taxa, viperidae, crotalinae, colubroidea, alethinophidia, serpentes, squamata snakes. 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 rattlesnake of the plains crotalus confluentus is a lightcolored, obscurely marked, rather small species. Basiliscus definition of basiliscus by the free dictionary.
Pdf crotalus basiliscus mexican west coast rattlesnake. Basiliscus, usurping eastern roman emperor from 475 to 476. Basiliscus article about basiliscus by the free dictionary. The specific name is derived from the greek word for king, basiliskos, and alludes to this snakes large size and potent venom. We report the proteomic and antivenomic characterization of crotalus tigris venom. 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. Mexican west coast rattlesnake crotalus basiliscus the.
Biochemicalcharacterization of basilase, a fibrinolytic. Crotalus durissus terrificus south american rattlesnake. Snake venomics of the central american rattlesnake crotalus. Flavius basiliscus ad 475476 hugh elton florida international university. Purification, characterization, and fibrinogen cleavage. Mexican west coast rattlesnake, mexican green rattler, more. Pdf on jun 24, 2015, ruben alonso carbajal marquez and others. Disintegrin basilicin crotalus basiliscus mexican westcoast. Snake venoms, especially from the crotalidae family, contain a variety of enzymes that prevent blood coagulation by virtue of their fibrinolytic enzymes. Perspectives from the phenotype and the fossil record by j. Toxicological profile of medically relevant crotalus species from mexico and their neutralization by a crotalus basiliscusbothrops asper antivenom.
The metalloproteinase composition and biochemical profiles of rattlesnake venom can be highly variable among rattlesnakes of the same species. Pdf on sep 24, 2015, ruben alonso carbajal marquez and others published crotalus basiliscus mexican west coast rattlesnake. This venom exhibits the highest lethality for mice among rattlesnakes and the simplest toxin proteome reported to date. He was married to zenonis and they had a son, marcus. Vibora endemica del occidente mexicano crotalus basiliscus. Crotalus basiliscus basiliscus gloyd 1948 crotalus basiliscus basiliscus klauber 1952. Effect of crotalus basiliscus snake venom on the redox. There are a few areas in which common names are needed and. Crotalus basiliscus is a venomous pit viper species in the family viperidae.