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Distinctive clinical syndromes were identified to aid species diagnosis in most cases of snake bite in Sri Lanka where the biting species is unknown. Diagnostic sensitivities and specificities of these syndromes for envenoming were 78% and 96% by <jats:italic>Naja naja<\/jats:italic>, 66% and 100% by <jats:italic>Bungarus caeruleus<\/jats:italic>, 14% and 100% by <jats:italic>Daboia russelii<\/jats:italic>, and 10% and 97% by <jats:italic>Hypnale hypnale<\/jats:italic>, respectively. Although only polyspecific antivenoms are used in Sri Lanka, species diagnosis remains important to anticipate life-threatening complications such as local necrosis, hemorrhage and renal and respiratory failure and to identify likely victims of envenoming by <jats:italic>H. hypnale<\/jats:italic> who will not benefit from existing antivenoms. 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