Climate change induced complex shifts in snake distributions expose people to snakebite and threaten biodiversity

Anna F. V. Pintor, Kaushi S. T. Kanankege, Mike Turner, Bernadette Abela, Rafael Ruiz de Castañeda, Bethany Moos, Tamer A. Hasanein, Prashant Hedao, Kt Friar, Adam McKay, Gerardo Martín, Wolfgang Wüster, Romulus Whitaker, Fernando Martínez-Freiría, Kate Jackson, Laurent Chirio, Matthew LeBreton, Abubakr Mohammad Abdalhalee, Ulrich Kuch, Deb P. Pandey, Chifundera K. Zacharie, Maria Elena Barragan-Paladines, Carlos Yañez Arenas, Masoud Yousefi, Patrick K. Malonza, Mahmood Sasa, Zuhair S. Amr, Hammadi Achour, Anooshe Kafash, David J. Williams

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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0014030
Published: 2026-05-21
Container: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
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@article{allodium:10.1371/journal.pntd.0014030,
  title = {Climate change induced complex shifts in snake distributions expose people to snakebite and threaten biodiversity},
  author = {Anna F. V. Pintor and Kaushi S. T. Kanankege and Mike Turner and Bernadette Abela and Rafael Ruiz de Castañeda and Bethany Moos and Tamer A. Hasanein and Prashant Hedao and Kt Friar and Adam McKay and Gerardo Martín and Wolfgang Wüster and Romulus Whitaker and Fernando Martínez-Freiría and Kate Jackson and Laurent Chirio and Matthew LeBreton and Abubakr Mohammad Abdalhalee and Ulrich Kuch and Deb P. Pandey and Chifundera K. Zacharie and Maria Elena Barragan-Paladines and Carlos Yañez Arenas and Masoud Yousefi and Patrick K. Malonza and Mahmood Sasa and Zuhair S. Amr and Hammadi Achour and Anooshe Kafash and David J. Williams},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases},
  doi = {10.1371/journal.pntd.0014030},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014030}
}

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AU  - Mike Turner
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AU  - Rafael Ruiz de Castañeda
AU  - Bethany Moos
AU  - Tamer A. Hasanein
AU  - Prashant Hedao
AU  - Kt Friar
AU  - Adam McKay
AU  - Gerardo Martín
AU  - Wolfgang Wüster
AU  - Romulus Whitaker
AU  - Fernando Martínez-Freiría
AU  - Kate Jackson
AU  - Laurent Chirio
AU  - Matthew LeBreton
AU  - Abubakr Mohammad Abdalhalee
AU  - Ulrich Kuch
AU  - Deb P. Pandey
AU  - Chifundera K. Zacharie
AU  - Maria Elena Barragan-Paladines
AU  - Carlos Yañez Arenas
AU  - Masoud Yousefi
AU  - Patrick K. Malonza
AU  - Mahmood Sasa
AU  - Zuhair S. Amr
AU  - Hammadi Achour
AU  - Anooshe Kafash
AU  - David J. Williams
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Pintor, A. F. V., Kanankege, K. S. T., Turner, M., Abela, B., Castañeda, R. R. D., Moos, B., Hasanein, T. A., Hedao, P., Friar, K., McKay, A., Martín, G., Wüster, W., Whitaker, R., Martínez-Freiría, F., Jackson, K., Chirio, L., LeBreton, M., Abdalhalee, A. M., Kuch, U., Pandey, D. P., Zacharie, C. K., Barragan-Paladines, M. E., Arenas, C. Y., Yousefi, M., Malonza, P. K., Sasa, M., Amr, Z. S., Achour, H., Kafash, A., & Williams, D. J. (2026). Climate change induced complex shifts in snake distributions expose people to snakebite and threaten biodiversity. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014030

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