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Table 5 Snake species and the time of bite

From: A study of snake bite among children presenting to a paediatric ward in the main Teaching Hospital of North Central Province of Sri Lanka

Snake species

Total number

Time of bite between (6 am - 6 pm)

%

Time of bite between (6 pm - 6 am)

%

Number

Number

Hump-nosed pit viper (Hypnalehypnale)

8

6

75

2

25

Russel’s viper (Daboiarusselii)

5

1

20

4

80

Saw-scaled viper (Echiscarinatus)

1

-

-

1

100

Cobra (Najanaja)

1

-

-

1

100

Common krait (Bungaruscareuleus)

3

1

33

2

67