Abstract
The suborder Serpentes includes animals with an elongated body, which move by undulations without the presence of anterior locomotor limbs. Snake venom is a toxic secretion, with several proteins and mechanisms of action, such as neurotoxic, myotoxic and coagulant. Within the Suborder Serpentes there is the family Elapidae, to which the genus Micrurus belongs. Micrurus is an abundant and …