Danger in the Canopy. Comparative Proteomics and Bioactivities of the Venoms of the South American Palm Pit ViperBothrops bilineatusSubspeciesbilineatusandsmaragdinusand Antivenomics ofB. b. bilineatus(Rondônia) Venom against the Brazilian Pentabothropic Antivenom

We report a structural and functional proteomics characterization of venoms of the two subspecies (Bothrops bilineatus bilineatus and B. b. smaragdinus) of the South American palm pit viper from the Brazilian state of Rondônia and B. b. smaragdinus from Perú. These poorly known arboreal and mostly nocturnal generalist predators are widely distributed in lowland rainforests throughout the entire Amazon region, where they represent an important...