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Toxin diversity (number of different toxins), for the four dominant and six secondary protein families found in the venoms of elapids [panel (A)], and vipers [panel (B)]. Total number of toxins for each protein family in the venom for 23 species of elapids and nine species of vipers are indicated, in some cases averaged from multiple populations/studies of a species.
