Ular-cokelat timur: Perbedaan antara revisi

Ular-cokelat timur dianggap sebagai ular darat paling berbisa kedua di dunia, setelah Taipan pedalaman (''Oxyuranus microlepidotus'') yang terdapat di pedalaman Australia.<ref>The Australian venom research unit (11 January 2014). [https://web.archive.org/web/20150111055930/http://www.avru.org/?q=general%2Fgeneral_mostvenom.html Facts and Figures: World's Most Venomous Snakes] (archived). [[University of Melbourne]]. Retrieved 14 July 2014.</ref> Bertanggung jawab atas lebih banyak kematian akibat gigitan ular di Australia daripada spesies lain,<ref name=sutherlandFG>{{cite book |last1=Sutherland |first1=Struan K.|last2=Sutherland |first2=John |title=Venomous Creatures of Australia: A Field Guide with Notes on First Aid |date=2006 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=South Melbourne, Victoria |isbn=9780195553307 |pages=22–23 |edition=5th}}</ref> ular ini adalah ular berbahaya yang paling sering ditemui di Adelaide, dan juga dijumpai di Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney, dan Brisbane.<ref name=Watharow>{{cite book | title=Living with Snakes and Other Reptiles | first=Simon |last= Watharow | pages=68–70 | url=https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Sal3qwaJxz4C&pg=PA68 | publisher=Csiro Publishing | year= 2011 | location=Melbourne, Victoria | isbn=978-0-643-10381-8}}</ref> Sebagai genus, ular-cokelat timur bertanggung jawab atas 41% korban gigitan ular yang teridentifikasi di Australia antara tahun 2005 dan 2015, dan 15 dari 19 kematian selama periode ini.<ref>{{cite journal | first=Christopher I. | last= Johnston | first2=Nicole M | last2=Ryan | first3=Colin B | last3=Page | first4=Nicholas A | last4=Buckley | first5=Simon GA | last5=Brown | first6=Margaret A | last6=O'Leary | first7=Geoffrey K | last7=Isbister | title=The Australian Snakebite Project, 2005–2015 (ASP-20) |journal journal=Medical Journal of Australia | year=2017 | volume= 207 | issue=3 | pages= 119–125 | doi= 10.5694/mja17.00094 | pmid= 28764620 | url=http://www.emergpa.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/ASP-20.pdf | access-date=2020-05-11 | archive-date=2017-10-06 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006212626/http://www.emergpa.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/ASP-20.pdf | dead-url=yes }}</ref> Dalam genus ini, ular-cokelat timur adalah spesies yang paling sering menjadi penyebab gigitan ular.{{sfn|Mirtschin|Rasmussen|Weinstein|2017|p=158}} Ular ini diklasifikasikan sebagai ular yang gigitannya sangat memerlukan pertolongan medis (''medical importance'') oleh Organisasi Kesehatan Dunia (WHO).<ref name=who>{{cite web |last1=WHO Expert Committee on Biological Standardization |title=Guidelines for the production, control and regulation of snake antivenom immunoglobulins |url=https://www.who.int/bloodproducts/AntivenomGLrevWHO_TRS_1004_web_Annex_5.pdf |accessdate=1 January 2019 | pages=224–226 | work= WHO Technical Report Series, No. 964}}</ref>