Which snakes are poisonous?

Answer 1

to be specific there are no snakes that are poisonous, there quite a few that are venomous.

poisonous means that it is harmful if eaten, breathed in or touched, you could safely eat any snake (even the venomous ones) and not become ill.

venomous means they inject enzymes (venom) to subdue their prey.

here is a list of the top 10 most venomous snakes.

10.Eastern Diamondback rattlesnake

9.Death adder

8.Saw Scaled Viper

7.Philippine Cobra

6.Tiger Snake

5.Black Mamba

4.Taipan

3.Blue Krait

2.Eastern Brown Snake

1.Inland Taipan (a sub, species of number 4 but it is the most venomous land snake on earth..The maximum yield recorded for one bite is 110mg, enough to kill about 100 humans)

None, there is no such thing as a poisonous snake. Snakes can be venomous but not poisonous. The difference is that poisonous animals usually emit poison from glands in their skin and then someone touches it and gets poisoned. Venomous animals inject venom into someone by biting them with fangs or stabbing them with spikes, like on the lion fish. You can tell when a snake is venomous because the venom gland are on the back of either side of their head. A way to see the difference is to look up a cotton mouth snake, which is venomous, and then look up a black rat snake, a non venomous snake that's, unfortunately, often killed when it is mistaken as a cotton mouth. Look at the heads, it's really easy to see the difference. You could also compare the brown water snake to the cotton mouth, they are non-venomous also but look a lot like the cotton mouth. Venomous snakes heads are more fat and wide looking, really arrow headed. Non-venomous snakes head's are narrower and longer looking.

deadpool3763 = that is what i mean

Answer 2

Well there is the Red belly black snake which is the most poisonous snake in the world (from Australia) and the King brown, but not as poisonous (from Australia too).

Then (in India) there is the Cobra.

(America), the Rattle snake!

A:

(If bitten and venom is injected)

The most venomous snake on earth is the Belcher's Sea Snake (Hydrophis Belcheri) or the Faint Banded Sea Snake, some consider the Inland Taipan (Oxyuranus microlepidotus) an/or the Beaked Sea Snake (Enhydrina schistosa) to be the most toxic, however, with recent and more accurate (LD-5-) studies as of 2010 prove the Belcheri has a 100 times more toxic venom then the two above or any other snake on earth.

It has a paddle-like tail, breathes air and can hold it's breath up to 8 hours, it's size ranges from 1-1/2 ft (0.5m) to 3 ft (1 m), a few milligrams of venom can kill over a thousand people.

It's habitat has a wide range in the South Pacific.

Excluding the Belcher's Sea Snake the next most venomous snakes on earth according to their venom rating(LD-50) are:

2- Inland Tiapan (Oxyuranus Microlepidotus).

3- Common Indian Krait (Bungarus Caeruleus).

4- Philippine Cobra (Naja Philippinensis).

5- King Cobra (Ophiophagus Hanna).

6- Russell's Viper (Vipera Russellii).

7- Black Mamba (Dendroaspis Polylepis).

8- Yellow Jawed Tommygoff (Bothrops Asper).

9- Multibanded krait (Bungarus Multicinctus).

10- Tiger Snake (Notechis Scutatus).

11- Jararacussu (Bothrops Jararacussu).

Other deadly snakes (by toxicity or injected dosage) :

Australian Brown Snake (Pseudonaja textilis)

Common Taipan (Oxyuranus scutellatus)

Saw Scaled Viper (Echis carinatus)

Death Adder (Acanthopis antarcticus)

Answer 3

There are only two species of snake that are actually poisonous, the common garter snake and the Japanese grass snake. Although there are many different venomous snakes. The Inland Taipan is the most venomous snake to humans, as tested in human heart cell culture. They are very shy and reclusive in nature, along with its habitat of the arid regions of Australia, it has few interactions with humans. Its LD50 is .025 mg/kg. The Dubois' Sea Snake is the most venomous sea snake with a LD50 of .044 mg/kg, still have the toxicity of the Inland Taipan. The Inland Taipan's mortality rate is >80% (treated + untreated), but due to the development of an antivenom for the Taipan, there have no been no deaths in recent times.

The tiger snake is the most venomous snake. Even such snakes as cobras, though highly feared, don't often prove deadly even without anti-venom.yeah

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{Mortality Rate for untreated tiger snake bites are 40-60%.}

1. Inland Taipan (.024 mg/kg)

2. Dubois' Sea Snake (.044 mg/kg)

3. Eastern Brown Snake (.053 mg/kg)

Sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venomous_snake#Examples_of_LD50_toxicity_rankings

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inland_taipan

Answer 4

Not a single snake known to man is poisonous. If you mean venomous then there are many species including the Black Mamba, King Cobra, Hairy Bush Viper, Western Green Mamba, and the Western Diamondback Rattlesnake are all snakes known to have the ability to inject venom into their prey.

The most venomous snakes on earth according to their venom rating (LD-50) as of 2010are:

1- Belcher's Sea Snake (Hydrophis Belcheri) or the Faint Banded Sea Snake.

2- Inland Tiapan (Oxyuranus Microlepidotus).

3- Common Indian Krait (Bungarus Caeruleus).

4- Philippine Cobra (Naja Philippinensis).

5- King Cobra (Ophiophagus Hanna).

6- Russell's Viper (Vipera Russellii).

7- Black Mamba (Dendroaspis Polylepis).

8- Yellow Jawed Tommygoff (Bothrops Asper).

9- Multibanded krait (Bungarus Multicinctus).

10- Tiger Snake (Notechis Scutatus).

11- Jararacussu (Bothrops Jararacussu).

Other deadly snakes (by toxicity or injected dosage) :

Australian Brown Snake (Pseudonaja textilis).

Common Taipan (Oxyuranus scutellatus).

Saw Scaled Viper (Echis carinatus)

Death Adder (Acanthopis antarcticus)

Answer 5

There seems to be some confusion in the answers over the difference between poisonous and venomous. If the toxins are delivered through a sting or bite: the creature is venomous. If the toxins are delivered by ingesting the animal or by touch: the creature is poisonous. There are snakes that are venomous (they bite you to get the toxin in your system) there are snakes that constrict or simply only go for smaller prey. There are snakes that are poisonous, as in if you were to eat one you would get very sick. For example the Rhabdophis.

Answer 6

poision snake