Abstract
The Viperidae in Brazil are responsible for most cases of snake envenoming, 87.5% of these events assigned to the genus Bothrops ("jararaca", "jararacuçu", "urutu-cruzeiro", "cotiara", "jararaca-do-rabo-branco", "malha-de-sapo", "patrona", "surucucurana", "combóia", "caiçara"). Such venoms as well as most of its toxins are predominantly myotoxic. The high incidence of these accidents asso…