Fig. 1

a Cat snake (Telescopus fallax), rear-fanged. b Eastern Montpellier snake (Malpolon insignitus), rear-fanged. c Blunt-nosed viper (Macrovipera lebetina), a medically important front-fanged species. d The swollen foot of a 35-year-old woman, 5 days after the bite by a juvenile M. l. lebetina in Latchi, Paphos district, Cyprus. Photos: D. Jestrzemski