Mountain Pit Viper Bite + New Website

Got nailed by a ovophis monticola or mountain pit viper - a rare species of highland pit-viper in Malaysia. Not much research has been done on its venom . It was a mere half-second bite to do quite alot of damage to my finger. Also check out this new website on herping and snakes in malaysia, with a special page for local vipers of course - www.naturemalaysia.com


The guy who bit me. Careless careless me... read about other vipers at www.naturemalaysia.com/vipers.htm



30 minutes after bite - bite circled in red.


5 hours after bite - extreme swelling and pain that spread to my arm a few hours later.


Oedema at site of bite which was drained with a sterile needle. Lost some motor movement in my finger but hopefully it will recover.

Meanwhile, you can read the whole story at www.naturemalaysia.comunder 'snake bites'. And do look around the site too please! Feedback is welcome.

Damn Double Post Apologies how do i delete?

Quite the extensive pics. Thanks for sharing these.

Thank you for the pictures.

U are all welcome. Please fell free to use the photos on ur websites or publishing - so long as the watermark for www.naturemalaysia.com is left on as credits.

wow....hope the finger heals...thx for sharing the pics

So hows the envenomation coming along? It's been a couple weeks.



Rick

Oh the finger's back to normal. No permanent loss of motor skills Thank God. Thanks for the concern guys.