Venomous Snakes - International Wildlife Museum

Venomous Snakes
Most venomous snakes are classified into two families:
Viperids have hollow, foldable fangs. Vipers,
rattlesnakes, copperheads, cottonmouths, adders
and bushmasters are in this family.
European Viper
Elapids have hollow fixed fangs. Cobras, kraits,
mambas, sea snakes, coral snakes and Australian
copperheads are in this family.
Banded Sea Krait
The family Colubridae have large fangs located
in the rear of the jaw. This family contains many
nonvenomous snakes, but also has a few very
deadly snakes like boomslangs, tree snakes, vine
snakes and mangrove snakes.
Boomslang
Australia’s Most Wanted
The top 10 most venomous snakes in the world live in Australia. Here, they
are listed starting with the most venomous.
1. Inland Taipan
2. King Brown
The Inland Taipan, also
known as the fierce snake,
is the most venomous snake
in the world. This species of
taipan belongs to the Elapidae
family. Its venom is 200-400
times more toxic than most
rattlesnakes and 50 times
more toxic than cobras. Its
venom contains a neurotoxin
and can kill an adult human
in 45 minutes. This shy,
reclusive snake prefers to
escape from trouble, biting
only if threatened.
3. Coastal Taipan
4. Eastern Tiger
5. Riesvie Tiger
8. Giant Black Tiger
6. Beaked Sea Snake
9. Death Adder
7. Western Tiger
10. Western Brown