Venomous and poisonous animals are a major cause of global morbidity and mortality with cardiovascular and renal toxicity as common presentation. Renal functional impairment as a result of their toxicity is manifested in form of specific histopathological changes. Regardless of vast mentioning of renal toxicity in literature previously, only few studies are currently available with an integrated approach. This paper mentions about various such animals with nephrotoxic potential describing the toxic principles in their venom and inflicted changes in renal pathology.

Keywords: Animal; Poisoning; Nephrotoxicity; Renal failure; Acute tubular necrosis