Danger snake

African Boomslang (Dispholidus typus)
Habitat: South and South-West Africa
Length: from 50 cm to 3 meters
Yad African Boomslang 2 times more dangerous than the viper venom or Indian cobra. Only because of the person Boomslang becomes aggressive and attacks. In 9 out of 10 cases, at a meeting with a man just trying to escape the snake. Do not touch the snake while the snake will not hurt you.





Gaboon vipers
Reaches 1, 8 meters in length and weigh more than 20 kg in some cases. It lives in the equatorial regions of Africa, East Africa, Central and Eastern Southern Africa.



Krayt (Bungarus candidus)
Habitat: Australia, South Asia, the islands of the Malay Archipelago
Length: 1, 5-2 m
One dose is enough to kill 10 people



Gadyukoobraznaya deadly snake
He lives in Australia, about. New Guinea and neighboring islands.
The total length of 70-100 cm



Tiger snake
Distributed in south-eastern Australia.
Length of up to 2 m.



Chained adder
The most common venomous snake in South Asia
The maximum length of chain viper 166 cm



Coral snake
Distributed in North and South America, the majority of species live from Mexico to Uruguay. The body length of 50 cm in kobrovogo (Micrurus frontalis) and ordinary adder coral (Micrurus corallinus) to 1, 5 m from the giant cobra coral (Micrurus spixii). The proportion of deaths after the bite of the asp arlekinovogo very high, without assistance a person can die within 20-24 hours.



Bushmaster
Bushmaster lives in dense tropical forests of Equatorial America, northern South America from Costa Rica to Brazil (inclusive) as well as on the island of Trinidad.
Bushmaster reaches a length of 2, 5-3 m, rarely to 4 m



Sandy EFA
The length of 50-60 cm (75 cm)
One of the 10 most poisonous snakes
Unlike its close relatives - adder, sand EFA chose its habitat more dry and hot places - clay deserts of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, sandy areas of North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and India.



Taipan
According to various estimates is the third or fourth place in virulence in the world and the largest (up to 3-3, 3 m long), a venomous snake in Australia. Due to the aggressive nature, large size and speed Taipan is considered the most dangerous of all venomous snakes in the world. It lives on the coast of North and Northeast of Australia and the south-east of New Guinea



Egyptian cobra
The overall length is 1 to 2 m.
Type common in the northern (except Tunisia), West and East Africa to the equator, the Arabian Peninsula.



Enhydrina schistosa
Length of head and body is 111 cm, 19 cm tail
Found in the Arabian Sea and the Persian Gulf (of Oman), south of the Seychelles and Madagascar, the seas of South Asia (Pakistan, India and Bangladesh), Southeast Asia (Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam) and in Australia (Northern Territory and Queensland ) and New Guinea.
The average dose of poison by the bite of 7, 9-9, 0 mg, whereas the lethal dose for humans is 1, 5 mg. An antidote to the bites of sea snakes are created using venom of this species.



Black-necked cobra
The body length reaches an average of 1, 5-2, 0 m
It lives in tropical sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal to Somalia and south-east to Angola.
Snakes are able to shoot at danger to poison the enemy at a distance of three meters. The poison does not harm the skin, but can cause long-term blindness if splashed in the eyes



Indian cobra
Long cobra is from 1, 5 to 2 meters
It lives on the Indian cobra is quite large areas of Central Asia, India and southern China to the islands of the Malay Archipelago, and the Philippines.
Indian cobra venom contains substances that damage the nervous system. One gram of dried cobra venom can kill 140 dogs of average size.



King Cobra
The largest venomous snake of the world, has the greatest length among poisonous snakes. Some specimens reach lengths of 5, 6 m
The area of ​​King Cobra - the rainforests of South and Southeast Asia (India, Pakistan, Indonesia and the Philippines). King cobra venom has mainly neurotoxic. The toxin blocks the muscular contractions of poison that causes paralysis of the respiratory muscles, respiratory arrest and death. His power and volume (7 ml) is enough to cause the death of a man in 15 minutes after the first bite



Black Mamba
It reaches a length of 2, 5-3 meters, separate instances of up to 4, 5 meters in length
The venom also contains some types of blockers, muscarinic cholinergic receptors. For one bitten by a snake enters up to 400 mg of venom (usually 100-120 mg), and the lethal dose for an adult is 10-15 mg. Without the immediate administration of antidote to the likelihood of death is 100%.
Black Mamba is spread from Senegal to Somalia and Ethiopia to South West Africa.



Pseudechis australis
Distributed virtually throughout Australia, they can be found in all states except Victoria and Tasmania. The length of the snake - up to 3 m.
This is one of the most venomous land snakes. In a single bite can allocate 150 mg of venom. When the bite is partially paralyzed, but also has a sharp and strong teeth, which keeps the victim for some time and constantly injects a poison that makes it more dangerous bites.



Source: thechive.com

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