Knowledge of the Astylus genus has been limited to descriptions of species and catalogs without a taxonomic review, except for the contributions of Pic (1902, 1919a, b) and Champion (1918), who studied groups of species comparing morphological characters. In the present work, Astylus vittaticollis (Blanchard, 1843) and A. patagonicus (Blanchard, 1843) are redescribed based on the study of their types and additional material. As a result, the synonymy between A. patagonicus and A. steinheili Estrada, 2016 is recognized.

The pandemic crisis that we are experiencing today has demonstrated the vulnerability of people with no Internet access. To begin with, during the obligatory quarantine, lots of students did not attend classes because they did not have Internet access. This means that they did not exercise their right to education, a fundamental right in the European Union. Besides that, those who are info-excluded are not able to communicate with anyone or obtain information, which leads to a digital divide problem that brings serial inequalities. It is also known that many people use the Internet to exercise their civil rights and participate in democratic processes, which once more reveals the disadvantages for those who do not have Internet connectivity. The truth is that, nowadays, Internet access is vital for the exercise of other fundamental rights that have to be safeguarded. All of these factors combined are proof of the importance of establishing Internet access as a fundamental right in the European Union.

Un total de 75 serpientes venenosas pertenecientes al proceso de producción de sueros antiofídicos nacionales de la ciudad de Guayaquil, Ecuador fueron analizadas; 48 B. asper y 27 B. atrox muertas en condiciones de cautiverio desde el 2010 al 2013. Los informes anatomopatológicos señalaron el estado caquéctico de la mayor parte de los ofidios ingresados, así como también la observación de lesiones encontradas a nivel de órganos. Los análisis parasitológicos evidenciaron en ambas especies de ofidios la presencia de endoparásitos y la prevalencia obtenida sugiere la aplicación de medidas de control prioritarias para coccidias y nemátodos en serpientes cautivas