Retraction Retraction dated 2020-03-30

Article History

Received: 7 January 2019

Accepted: 1 March 2019

First Online: 12 March 2019

Change Date: 30 March 2020

Change Type: Correction

Change Details: The authors have retracted this case report [1] because the head of the snake shown in Figure 1 and described as being that of a viper (<i>Echis occellatus</i>) is identical to the head of a snake shown in Figure 1 of a different case report [2] where it was identified as being <i>Naja melanoleuca</i>, a member of the <i>Elapidae</i> family.

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