Taiwan's research into snake venom serum has an international reputation. In the past countless snakes were slaughtered and skinned by the traders of Huahsi Street (Snake Alley) in Taipei, yet there has been a complete lack of research information on the distribution, current numbers or natural history of any Taiwanese snake species.
台灣毒蛇血清研究名聞國際，過去遭華西街商家宰殺、剝皮的蛇族不計其數，但台灣任何一種蛇類相關的分佈、現有族群數量、生活習性，都付諸闕如。