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while it is calculated that many thousands of people die yearly on account of snakebite, especially in India, but there is a higher diversity of venomous snakes, the prob-ability of being killed by snakebite is greater than in areas Akani et al. J Venom Anim Toxins incl Trop Dis. 2013, 19:2 http://www.jvat.org/content/19/1/2patterns of snakes and on correlating the activity patternsFull list of author information is available at the end of the articlealso in Africa and South America [1,2]. Several independent factors may increase the probability of being bitten and eventually killed by a snake in a tropical area. Firstly, the antipredatory behavior of a snake species certainly influences the likelihood of a bite: for instance, the puff adder (Bitis arietans) is more inclined to bite than a Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica); thus, despite similar where there are fewer dangerous snakes. So, for instance, the probability of experiencing a fatal bite is certainly higher in India or in several regions of tropical Africa (where man