Case reports

Maticora intestinalis (= Calliophis intestinalis)
Indonesia
Jacobson 1937: M. intestinalis bite; identification: morphological.
Malkmus and Sauer 1993: 1 M. intestinalis everetti bite; identification: morphological.

Maticora bivirgata ssp. (= Calliophis bivirgata ssp.)
Malaysia
Harrison 1957: 1 M. bivirgata bite; identification: morphological.

Signs & symptoms

Local effects

Local pain and swelling (Jacobson 1937, Malkmus and Sauer 1993).

Other signs & symptoms 

Dizziness, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea and dyspnoea. These systemic symptoms first appeared ca. 2¼ h after the bite and continued to recur (Jacobson 1937) (autopharmacological/neurological effect?).

Case fatality rate

1 fatality (Harrison 1957). The death occurred in a child very shortly after the bite. No further details are available.