The most posioness snake in the world
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- Taken on May 26, 2005
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Sheba_Also 89 months ago | reply
Snake Species LD50 (mg/kg) in saline by subcutaneous injection in mice Average venom yield (mg) Max venom yield (mg)
Fierce snake
(=inland taipan, small scaled snake) Oxyuranus microlepidotus 0.025 44 110
Eastern brown snake Pseudonaja textilis 0.053 2-6 67
Coastal taipan Oxyuranus scutellatus 0.099 120 400
Tiger snake Notechis scutatus 0.118 35 189
Black tiger snake Notechis ater niger 0.131
Beaked sea snake Enhydrina schistosa 0.164
Black Tiger snake Notechis ater occidentalis 0.194
Black Tiger snake Notechis ater serventyi 0.338
Death Adder Acanthophis antarcticus 0.400 78 236
Gwardar
(= western brown snake) Pseudonaja nuchalis 0.473 18
Spotted brown snake Pseudonaja guttata 0.36 (in bovine serum albumin)
Australian copperhead Austrelaps superbus 0.56 20 85
Cobra Naja naja 0.565 169 610
Dugite Pseudonaja affinis 0.66 18
Papuan black snake Pseudechis papuanis 1.09
Stephens' banded snake Hoplocephalus stephensii 1.36
Rough scaled snake
(= Clarence river snake) Tropidechis carinatus 1.36 6 22
King cobra Ophiophagus hannah 1.80 421
Spotted black snake, blue bellied black snake Pseudechis guttatus 2.13 32
Collett's snake Pseudechis colletti 2.38 48
Mulga snake
(= King brown snake) Pseudechis australis 2.38 180 600
Red bellied black snake Pseudechis porphyriacus 2.52 40 75
Small eyed snake Cryptophis nigrescens 2.67
Eastern diamond backed rattlesnake Crotalus adamanteus 11.4 410 848
Demansia atra >14.2
Bothrops atrox >27.8
GeoWombats 81 months ago | reply
Beautiful photo. I've blogged this at crikeymatemosaic.wordpress.com.
thetaipan 74 months ago | reply
That's me! Kinda scary when you see how well he blends into that background!
guenterleitenbauer 71 months ago | reply
Beautiful take but I'd say it is a common taipan, not a fierce snake.
HGHjim 65 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Herpetology / Everything REPTILE & AMPHIBIAN, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
chondro101 [deleted] 61 months ago | reply
good rundown on ld50 rating cindytoo,but i dont really think most people understand what it means...
Australia Zoo 38 months ago | reply
G'day, we would love to have this added to our group AustraliaZoo!
Reclusive Knight 33 months ago | reply
Nice snake matey~~~ I was shocked to find out that their venom is the 2nd most toxic in the world according to Nat Geo Wild anyway... Thanks for sharing this..........