In Brazil there are more than 60 species of venomous snakes and a greater diversity is found in the Amazon. In the last two decades, more than 440,000 cases of snakebites have been recorded in Brazil, averaging more than 20,000 a year, in greater quantity and lethality in the northern region of the country. In western Brazilian Amazonia studies of ophidic accidents are more frequent in the Colombian Amazon, with little information for Brazilian territory. In order to reduce this information gap, this study analyzed available data on snakebites for this region and carried out information collection in the field to make an initial characterization of ophidic accidents in the city of Tabatinga, Amazonas state, Brazil. Our results showed that the Upper Solimoes River region represents one of the largest species diversity of venomous snakes in the Brazil, with the occurrence of 16 species fro...

In Brazil there are more than 60 species of venomous snakes and a greater diversity is found in the Amazon. In the last two decades, more than 440,000 cases of snakebites have been recorded in Brazil, averaging more than 20,000 a year, in greater quantity and lethality in the northern region of the country. In western Brazilian Amazonia studies of ophidic accidents are more frequent in the Colombian Amazon, with little information for Brazilian territory. In order to reduce this information gap, this study analyzed available data on snakebites for this region and carried out information collection in the field to make an initial characterization of ophidic accidents in the city of Tabatinga, Amazonas state, Brazil. Our results showed that the Upper Solimoes River region represents one of the largest species diversity of venomous snakes in the Brazil, with the occurrence of 16 species fro...