Top 6 Most Venomous Snakes in India
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Indian Cobra, Spectacled Cobra – (Naja naja) – गेहुअन सांप
The Indian cobra, known as “Nag” is one of the species of highly venomous snake found throughout India. Indian cobra “The Holy Snake” is associated with the lingam the emblem of Lord Shiva and during ‘Naag-Panchami‘ festival people worship the cobra snake like any other god.
Indian Krait, Common Krait – (Bungarus caeruleus)
Krait venom is extremely neurotoxic and induces muscle paralysis,its bite is lethal to man. Some of the species of Krait snakes are the common krait, banded krait and Indian Krait.
There are many species of Krait snake found in India such as common Krait, Black Krait and अहिराज सांप ! धारीदार करैत Yellow banded krait are common.
Russell’s Viper, Daboia – (Daboia russelii)
The Russell’s viper local name Koriwala or Daboia , is one of the most venomous snakes in all of India. After the Krait, Russell’s viper is another big killer snake in India, accounting for thousands of deaths each year.
Saw Scaled Viper – (Echis carinatus)
It is a rough scaled snake with large eyes, wider head than neck and stocky body, habitat in sand, rock, soft soil and in scrub lands. It feeds lizards, frogs and a variety of arthropods, such as scorpions, centipedes and large insects.
The King Cobra – (Ophiophagus hannah)
The Great King Cobra is the biggest snake in India,with an average length of 13-15 ft. The unique King cobras can reach upto 18 feet (5.5 meters) in length, making them the world’s longest venomous snake.
The fierce and agile King cobra habitat rainforest,humid jungle,Thick undergrowth, cool swamps and bamboo clusters forested areas.
The largest and powerful snakes physical feature is olive-green, tan, or black with faint, it has pale yellow cross bands down the length of the body.
Kerala “the god’s own country” is the home for this beautiful King cobra, along with other reptiles, such as king cobra, viper, python, various turtles and crocodiles.
Malabar Pit Viper – (Trimeresurus malabaricus)
The Indian Green Pit Viper is also known as bamboo snake or tree viper, it is one of the most common of the Pit Vipers family, mainly live on arboreal, living in vines, bushes and bamboos.
The green snake feed frogs,lizards and insects, it grows to a length of 2.5 feet. Another species of pit viper is Malabar pit viper, highly venomous snake found mostly at western ghat of India.
Other venomous snakes of India from viper species includes bamboo pit viper,Malabar pit viper,Hump-nosed pit viper and green tree viper. Pit Viper Snakes Found in India.
Sea Snakes and Coral Snakes of India
The banded sea krait also called as yellow lipped sea krait is one of the highly venomous sea snake found in India. All sea snakes or coral reef snakes are good swimmers and has a venom more potent than any other land snake species found in the Indian Subcontinent.
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nicw
Could any body tell me which is the more venom snake between cobra, Krait
Krait.
As per LD 50 (lethal dosage in mg that would kill 50 % of mice envenomated within 24 hours ), the venom of Indian krait is 8.0 – 20.0 mg whereas the venomof King cobra (though the exact kind of cobra has not been mentioned by Gyan) is 350 – 500 mg LD 50. Perhaps, the venom of Indian spectacled cobra (LD 50 data insufficient) seems relatively less than Indian Krait.
cobra is more with poison but u can get antidote for it nd chances are ull servive but krait kill more cos of lack of antidote..
Actually working of poison is based upon amount of poison nd conc.of poison . ex. if 1ml krait poison kills 6 peoples but king cobra 2 ml poison kills 6 peoples . Here krait poision is more dangerous
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20cm is not 4ft, guys! Please correct the mistake and if possible improve your math!
To make it easier, the mistake’s in the Russell’s viper section. Apart from that, this is pretty informative.
If I ignore the mistake, it is really good and worth reading.
Thanks, will update.
if u think russells vipers are 20 cm in lenght then make sure u google first. i bet uve never seen an actual russells viper or u would not make such big mistake dear intellectual girl!! u tnk u know abt snakes…. lol
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Never seen anything like this before
Sorry, but i have not seen this snake.
It’s a worm snake with tiny eyes and very soft scales
Its not a snake
It’s a hammerhead worm
Thanks
it is a worm but it has venom
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Hi Anbarasan,
These are blind worm snakes.
All snake found in sea called sea snake nd they r poisonous
Can anyone tell, which snake is this….?
Can anyone tell, which snake is this………..?
wolf snake …. its non vemonious
Green vine snake (Ahaetulla nasuta) Caught in Action
Tree Snake
Can you tell me the name of this snake
What are the types of cobras present in south India?
Indian cobra Naja naja
name of this snake please….
Picture is not clear but by looking its stripe, Its seems to be Krait snake.
maybe its a multibanded krait and its too dangerous so stay away
Baby Russell’s Viper
Can some plz tell what this snake is
Hi Natarajan, Its Common Bronzeback Tree Snake.
keelback
Trinket snake.. Non venomous
Bronze-back Tree Snakes https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/5f77adc716d6eb9e13d54fb731a03635c2f0186d73b87c75704ad6e1687f8ec2.jpg
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Which snake is this? If poisonous, how to catch and kill it?
Hi Raj,
It may be a Rat Snake or a Poisonous snake not sure but requesting you to please not to kill snake.
Rat snake.non venoms
Can any one tell me what snake in this picture. I already have seen 3 of them around my house.Is it poisonous?
Hi Its looks like a Kukri or Racer snake, not sure but it may be mildly venomous.
nope…It’s not..Checkered keelback
Is this a snake
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Which snake 🐍 is this. Please urgent, tell https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/c431a82d454da30b8d84722575a54f0968e3096e248f85fd46121e9ee1571b0f.jpg
Trinket Snake
Wolf snake..
Please tell me the name of this snake
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Hello Anu Its Indian Python.
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Can any one tell me what snake in this picture. I already have seen many times of them around my house.Is it poisonous?
Can any one tell me the name of this snake
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Can any one tell me the name of this snake
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