Top 6 Most Venomous Snakes in India

The Dense and dark forest of India offers best habitat for the reptiles, The jungle offers a wide range of area for snakes to go giant with abundant prey.
There are four best snake park in India,where all these species of snakes along with other reptiles can be spotted, Please follow the link to know more about rattle snakes and Mamba snakes.

Indian Cobra, Spectacled Cobra – (Naja naja)गेहुअन सांप

Indian-Cobra

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)

Indian-Krait

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)

Russells-viper-Snake

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)

Saw-Scaled-Viper

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.

King Cobra – (Ophiophagus hannah)

King-Cobra-India

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.

King-Cobra-India

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)

Forest-Pitviper

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

Belcher’s-Sea-Snake

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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boss
boss
9 years ago

nicw

naveen
naveen
9 years ago

I really like this.. I love snake and there is lot to know abt snake.. Thnx..

naveen
naveen
9 years ago

My dream is to work in forest for snake… or Any other species.. Pls pls pls let me knw for that…

bishnu
bishnu
9 years ago

I LOVE SNAKES.. …… MY DREAM IS WORK FOR SNAKE……SOME BODY HELP ME…. HOW I DO IT..??????

chanchal
chanchal
9 years ago

I really like this information it is
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mannan mia
mannan mia
9 years ago

I love snakess from my Childhood..i really want to works with snake..plzz help me fndsss

velmurugan.s Velu
velmurugan.s Velu
9 years ago
IntellectualGirl
IntellectualGirl
9 years ago

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.

nany mahey
nany mahey
9 years ago

can u pls tell me the name of this snake…… pls pls pls pls pls.. 🙁

Santosh Singh
Santosh Singh
8 years ago

Can anyone tell, which snake is this….?

Santosh Singh
Santosh Singh
8 years ago

Can anyone tell, which snake is this………..?

Sat yam
Sat yam
8 years ago

Green vine snake (Ahaetulla nasuta) Caught in Action

Praveen Ranjan
Praveen Ranjan
8 years ago

Can you tell me the name of this snake

Ujwal Sandeep
Ujwal Sandeep
8 years ago

What are the types of cobras present in south India?

Arnav Gupta
Arnav Gupta
8 years ago

name of this snake please….

DevRoy
DevRoy
8 years ago

Baby Russell’s Viper

NATARAJAN VENKATRAMAN
NATARAJAN VENKATRAMAN
8 years ago

Can some plz tell what this snake is

jeya pradeep
jeya pradeep
8 years ago

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Raj
Raj
8 years ago

Which snake is this? If poisonous, how to catch and kill it?

Jobby Mathew
Jobby Mathew
8 years ago

Can any one tell me what snake in this picture. I already have seen 3 of them around my house.Is it poisonous?

Vikas Singh
Vikas Singh
7 years ago

Is this a snake

Vikas Singh
Vikas Singh
7 years ago

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Vikas Singh
Vikas Singh
7 years ago

Some one plz tell me its name msg me on Facebook [email protected]

Sourav Ghosh
Sourav Ghosh
7 years ago

Wow beautiful snake’s

Shantanu Bandyopadhyay
Shantanu Bandyopadhyay
7 years ago

Which snake 🐍 is this. Please urgent, tellcomment image

Anu Manki
Anu Manki
7 years ago

Please tell me the name of this snake

Anu Manki
Anu Manki
7 years ago

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jitender Singh
jitender Singh
7 years ago

Can any one tell me what snake in this picture. I already have seen many times of them around my house.Is it poisonous?

jitender Singh
jitender Singh
7 years ago

Can any one tell me the name of this snake

jitender Singh
jitender Singh
7 years ago

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Can any one tell me the name of this snake

Mansi mishra
4 years ago

I love snakes and I born to be a snake speslist




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