Universidade Federal do Acre, Campus Floresta, Centro Multidisciplinar, Laboratório de Herpetologia, Cruzeiro do Sul, AC, Brasil.
Universidade Federal do Acre, Programa de Pós-Graduação Stricto Sensu em Ciências da Saúde na Amazônia Ocidental, Rio Branco, AC, Brasil.
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2019 Dec 20;53:e20190305. doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0305-2019. eCollection 2019.
We examined the ethnobiological perception of the population of the Alto Juruá region about different snake species, in terms of their dangerousness and manifestations of envenomation.
We interviewed 100 villagers who were active in the forests.
Lachesis muta was considered the most venomous snake, and Bothrops atrox appeared to be the most feared snake species.
The high incidence, severity, and mortality of B. atrox bites and the severity and mortality of L. muta bites were the factors that contributed to these species being perceived as the most feared and venomous snakes.
我们考察了上茹阿泽鲁地区居民对不同蛇类的民族生物学认知，包括它们的危险程度和中毒表现。
我们采访了 100 名在森林中活跃的村民。
矛头蝮被认为是最毒的蛇，而矛头蝮则被认为是最可怕的蛇种。
矛头蝮咬伤的高发生率、严重程度和死亡率，以及矛头蝮咬伤的严重程度和死亡率，是这些物种被认为是最可怕和最毒的蛇的因素。
