Abstract
Experimental conditions for the comparative measurement of proteolytic activity of Costa Rican snake venoms on casein are established, and the activity of 13 different venoms is described. Venoms showed marked differences in activity not only between species, but between specimens of the same species captured in different geographic regions of Costa Rica.
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