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Thu Feb 02, 2006 9:21 am
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 The Ten Most Venomous Snakes
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The Ten Most Venomous Snakes
This information is scary and makes me shudder ..however many of the below snakes are shy and not many have been responsible for deaths in a Australia because the are in areas of sparse population and would rather go away from a human than fight…I also make a disclaimer that this information may change as more discoveries are made..
Australian Taipan
Common & Scientific Name
1 Fierce Snake Oxyuranus microlepidotus Also known as the Inland Taipan.
Distribution : Central Australia
Habitat : Dry Plains And Grasslands
Food : Frogs , Small Mammals
Breeding : Egg-Laying
Appearance : Brown Or Olive Colors , Black Markings On The Head Or Uniformly Black Head
The venom injected in a single bite from this snake is sufficient to kill 100 adult humans. Up to 2m (6ft)
2 Common Brown Pseudechis australis Also known as the King Brown Snake.
Distribution : Whole Australia
Habitat : Forests To Deserts
Food : Frogs , Small Mammals
Breeding : Live-Bearing
Appearance : Dark Reddish To Brown Colors , The Colors Become Paler On The Sides And Undersides
Size: Up to 2m (6ft)
3 Taipan Oxyuranus scutellatus
Distribution : NE And Extreme North Australia , New Guinea
Habitat : Forests , Open Woodlands
Food : Small Mammals
Breeding : Egg-Laying
Appearance : Lightly Keeled Scales , Light Or Dark Brown Fading To A Paler Shade On The Sides And Underside . Head Is Usually Lighter In Colour
Size: Up to 6 ft (2 m) long, closely related to the Fierce Snake.
4 Eastern Tiger Notechis scutatus Size : To 1.2M
Distribution : Australia : The Eastern Side Of Australia
Habitat : Forests , Open Grasslands
Food : Frogs
Breeding : Live-Bearing , Usually 30 At Onetime
Appearance : It Can Be Olive Or Even Reddish And Usually Has A Series Of Lighter Crossbands , It Flattens Its Neck When It Is Angry
5 Riesvie Tiger Snake Size : To 2M
Distribution : Australia
Habitat : Forests , Open Grasslands
Food : Small Mammals , Birds
Breeding : Live-Bearing
6 Beaked Sea Snake Size : To 2M
Distribution : NE Australia
Habitat : A Marine Species
Food : Fish , Eels
Breeding : Egg
Appearance : Wide Head , Some Species With Bands
7 Western Tiger Snake Size : To 2M
Distribution : Australia
Habitat : Forests , Open Grasslands
Food : Small Mammals , Birds
Breeding : Live-Bearing
8 Giant Black Tiger Snake Notechis ater Size : To 1.2M
Distribution : Australia : Tasmania , Islands In The Bass Strait
Habitat : Rocky Places , Dunes , Beaches , Tussock Grass
Food : Small Mammals , Frogs , Seabird Chicks
Breeding : Live-Bearing
Appearance : Large Body , Usually Black Sometimes Has Traces Of Lighter Crossbands , When Alarmed It May Spread Its Neck
9 Death Adder Acanthopis antarcticus
Size : To 40-50cm
Distribution : Most Of Australia Except Central Desert Region
Habitat : Dry , Rocky , Or Scrubby Places
Food : Small Mammals , Birds And Reptiles , It Uses The Tip Of Its Tail To Lure The Prey To Within Striking Distance
Breeding : Live-Bearing
Appearance : Broad , Triangular Head , Short Tail , Colors Grey To Brown Or Red , It Has A Number Of Irregular Crossbands Over The Body
10 Western Brown Snake Pseudechis nuchalis
Size : To 1.5M
Distribution : Most Of Australia Except Extreme SW And Se
Habitat : From Forests To Grasslands , Gravelly Plains And Deserts
Food : Small Mammals And Reptiles
Breeding : Egg-Laying
Appearance : Narrow Black Head And Black Neck Or Many Narrow Dark Crossbars , Colors Light Brown To Black Or May Have A Series Of Lighter Bands Around The Body
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Thu Feb 02, 2006 12:48 pm
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Does that source consider those snakes the most venomous in Australia only or in the entire world?
It is difficult to classify exactly what snakes are more venomous than others, because scientists are not completely sure of the chemical makeup of venom or exactly what makes it so potent, although they have a very good idea. You also must take into account how much venom each species of snake typically delivers and how effective its delivery system is. You will often get very different lists on the top venomous/deadly snakes from different sources. This list seems pretty typical of what you will find.
Disturbing for you Aussies isn't it?
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antipodi
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Thu Feb 02, 2006 4:27 pm
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The source (Australian ) claims in the world but like you I think although they are extremly poisonous the wide variety of species world wide these may only be the so called Known most poisonous..And yes some dont have enough venomn to really deliver as well...My knowledge of this area is limited. mabe there might be experts reading this that can update
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Tue Feb 07, 2006 3:38 pm
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the most venomous is a term of opinion, cause it could be interpreted as the most lethal or amount of venom transfered in a single bite.
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antipodi
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Tue Feb 07, 2006 10:42 pm
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Absolutely agreed ..you guyz know a bit more about this subject than I ....So who there is game to do their list ..I'd be interested what you think and how you would interpret it ....
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Wed Feb 08, 2006 11:17 am
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Ok... we've called on the Big Boys...
I'm not going to compile a list of my own, it would be too difficult and controversial. I will, however, provide a link to a site that provides the results of scientific studies conducted by Dr. Bryan Fry, one of the world's leading researchers of snake venom, evolution, and taxonomy.
http://www.venomdoc.com/LD50/LD50men.html
Follow the links on the left to see the LD50 results for the 4 different kinds of injections.
These lists can give you a good general idea of what "The World's Most Venomous Snakes" are.
What is LD50?
The test results on this site were measured in LD50s. "LD" stands for Lethal Dose, and the 50 indicates 50%. So a LD50 is the amount of a substance (in this case snake venom) that is required to kill one-half of a test population of organisms (in this case mice or rats). The results show the amount of grams of venom from each snake that are required to kill half of the test population of mice. So the smaller the LD50 number, the more venomous the snake is- theoretically.
*Yes, live mice had to be used in these experiments. --It's better than humans.
This site ( www.venomdoc.com ) offers oodles of information on snake, lizard, and arachnid toxicology from studies conducted by Dr. Fry and his fellow scientists. If you are interested in this type of stuff, take some time to look through the site. For most of us, this is way more information than we would ever want to know, but if it's your kind of thing, go for it. 
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0.1 Schneider's skink
1.0 Chinese firebellied toad
0.0.3 Asian floating frogs
0.0.3 African clawed frogs
0.0.1 Fowler's toad
0.0.1 California kingsnake
1.0 Golden Gecko
0.0.1 Brown anole
0.0.1 Green anole
2.2 breeder guppies + babies
0.2 cats
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antipodi
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Wed Feb 08, 2006 2:16 pm
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Man I think I really started a debate on this one, although I think from reading the stuff yah gave us ..its been goin on a long time....I love the staement though ..Dead is Dead ..weather it is 50% 100% or 40%
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HHfrog
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Thu Feb 09, 2006 11:28 am
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Lol that is a good quote. So even according to Dr. Fry, this is a very trivial debate. I don't think there will ever be any definative answers to this question.
But in the long run... who cares?- That's what what Dr. Fry is saying here.
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0.1 Schneider's skink
1.0 Chinese firebellied toad
0.0.3 Asian floating frogs
0.0.3 African clawed frogs
0.0.1 Fowler's toad
0.0.1 California kingsnake
1.0 Golden Gecko
0.0.1 Brown anole
0.0.1 Green anole
2.2 breeder guppies + babies
0.2 cats
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