Species |
Common name |
LD50 Sub-cutaneous (mg kg-1) |
Oxyuranus microlepidotus |
Inland taipan |
0.025 |
Pseudonaja textilis |
Eastern brown snake |
0.0365 |
Aipysurus duboisi |
Dubois's sea snake |
0.044 |
Pelamis platurus |
Yellow bellied sea snake |
0.067 |
Acalyptophis peroni |
sea snake species |
0.079 |
Oxyuranus scutellatus |
Coastal taipan |
0.106 |
Bungarus multicinctus |
Many banded krait |
0.108 |
Hydrophis melanosoma |
Black banded sea snake |
0.111 |
Enhydrina schistosa |
Beaked sea snake |
0.1125 |
Boulengeria christyi |
Congo water cobra |
0.12 |
Notechis a. niger |
Peninsula tiger snake |
0.131 |
Boulengeria annulata |
Banded water cobra |
0.143 |
Echis carinatus |
Saw-scaled viper |
0.151 |
Hydrophis stricticollis |
sea snake species |
0.164 |
Hydrophis major |
Olive-headed sea snake |
0.193 |
Notechis a. occidentalis |
Western tiger snake |
0.194 |
Crotalus tigris |
Tiger rattlesnake |
0.21 |
Notechis scutulatus |
Mainland tiger snake |
0.214 |
Hydrophis elegans |
Elegant sea snake |
0.26 |
Aipysurus laevis |
Olive sea snake |
0.264 |
Laticauda semifasciata |
Broad banded sea krait |
0.273 |
Naja atra |
Chinese cobra |
0.29 |
Dendroaspis polylepis |
Black mamba |
0.32 |
Notechis a. serventyi |
Chapel island tiger snake |
0.338 |
Hydrophis nigrocinctus |
Duadin's sea snake |
0.343 |
Bungarus caeruleus |
Indian krait |
0.365 |
Walterinnesia aegyptia |
Desert cobra |
0.4 |
Laticauda colubrina |
Banded sea krait |
0.435 |
Naja naja |
Spectacled cobra |
0.45 |
Hydrophis cyanocinctus |
Annulated sea snake |
0.464 |
Pseudonaja nuchalis |
Gwardar/Western brown snake |
0.473 |
Acanthophis antarcticus |
Common death adder |
0.5 |
Austrelaps superbus |
Lowland copperhead |
0.5 |
Lapemis hardwicki |
Hardwicke's sea snake |
0.541 |
Pseudonaja affinis |
Dugite |
0.66 |
Dendroaspis viridis |
Western green mamba |
0.7 |
Naja nivea |
Cape cobra |
0.72 |
Daboia russelli russelli |
Russell's viper species |
0.75 |
Dendroaspis jamesoni |
Jameson's mamba |
1 |
Pseudechis papuanus |
Papuan black snake |
1.09 |
Naja haje |
Egyptian cobra |
1.15 |
Micrurus fulvius |
coral snake sp. |
1.3 |
Hoplocephalus stephensi |
Stephen's banded snake |
1.36 |
Daboia russelii formosensis |
Russel's viper subspecies |
1.37 |
Ophiophagus hannah |
King cobra |
1.7 |
Pseudechis australis |
Mulga snake |
1.94 |
Pseudechis porphyriacus |
Red-bellied black snake |
2 |
Pseudechis guttatus |
Spotted black snake |
2.13 |
Pseudechis colletti |
Collett's snake |
2.38 |
Hemachatus haemachatus |
Rinkhals |
2.65 |
Cryptophis nigrescens |
Small eyed snake |
2.67 |
Crotalus basiliscus |
Mexican west-coast rattlesnake |
2.8 |
Dendroaspis angusticeps |
Eastern green mamba |
3.05 |
Crotalus horridus horridus |
Timber rattlesnake |
3.1 |
Bungarus fasciata |
Banded krait |
3.6 |
Vipera latifi |
True viper species |
4.61 |
Tropidolaemus wagleri |
Wagler's viper |
6.19 |
Vipera bornmuelleri |
True viper species |
6.25 |
Vipera berus |
Adder |
6.45 |
Vipera ammodytes |
Long-nosed viper |
6.59 |
Bothrops jararaca |
Jararaca |
7 |
Trimeresurus gramineus |
Indian green tree viper |
8.6 |
Deinagkistrodon acutus |
Sharp-nosed pit viper |
9.2 |
Vipera palaestinae |
Palestine viper |
9.4 |
Crotalus exul |
rattlesnake species |
9.92 |
Bitis gabonica |
Gaboon viper |
12.5 |
Trimeresurus albolabris |
White lipped tree viper |
12.75 |
Bothrops jararacussu |
Jararacussu |
13 |
Crotalus polystictus |
Mexican blotched rattlesnake |
13.3 |
Bothrops neuwiedi |
Jararaca pintada |
14.2 |
Crotalus adamanteus |
Eastern diamondback rattlesnake |
14.6 |
Causus rhombeatus |
Night adder |
15 |
Cerastes cerastes |
Sahara horned viper |
15 |
Bothrops alternatus |
Urutu |
15.8 |
Macrovipera lebetina |
Levantine viper |
16 |
Crotalus atrox |
Western diamondback rattlesnake |
18.5 |
Gloydius blomhoffi |
Mamushi |
20 |
Bothrops atrox |
Barba amarilla |
22 |
Calloselasma rhodostoma |
Malayan pit viper |
23.4 |
Crotalus lepidus klauberi |
Rock rattlesnake |
23.95 |
Sistrurus miliarius barbouri |
Red pygmy rattlesnake |
24.3 |
Emydocephalus annulatus |
Turtle-headed sea snake |
25 |
Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix |
Southern copperhead |
25.6 |
Agkistrodon piscovorus |
Cottomouth/ Water moccasin |
25.8 |
Bothriechis schlegeli |
Eyelash viper |
33.2 |
Lachesis muta |
Bushmaster |
36.9 |
Demansia olivacea |
Olive whip snake |
714.2 |
Agkistrodon bilineatus taylori |
Ornate cantil |
|
Agkistrodon bilineatus |
Cantil |
|
Agkistrodon contortrix laticinctus |
Broad-banded copperhead |
|
Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen |
Northern copperhead |
|
Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma |
Western cottonmouth |
|
Aipysurus eydouxi |
Spine-tailed sea snake |
|
Atractaspis dahomeyensis |
Mole viper |
|
Atractaspis engaddensis |
Mole viper |
|
Atropoides nummifer |
Jumping viper |
|
Atropoides picadoi |
Central American pitviper species |
|
Bitis arietans |
Puff adder |
|
Bitis caudalis |
Horned adder |
|
Bitis nasicornis |
Rhinoceros viper |
|
Bothrops asper |
Terciopelo |
|
Bothrops colombiensis |
South American pitviper species |
|
Cerastes cornutus |
Desert horned viper |
|
Cerastes vipera |
Sahara sand viper |
|
Crotalus catalinensis |
rattlesnake species |
|
Crotalus cerastes |
Sidewinder |
|
Crotalus durissus durissus |
Neotropical rattlesnake |
|
Crotalus durissus terrificus |
Cascabel |
|
Crotalus durissus totonacus |
rattlesnake species |
|
Crotalus enyo enyo |
Orange rattlesnake |
|
Crotalus intermedius |
rattlesnake species |
|
Crotalus mitchelli mitchelli |
Desert speckled rattlesnake |
|
Crotalus mitchelli pyrrhus |
Southwestern speckled rattlesnake |
|
Crotalus pricei pricei |
Twin-spotted rattlesnake |
|
Crotalus scutulatus salvini |
Huamantlan rattlesnake |
|
Crotalus scutulatus scutulatus |
Mojave green rattlesnake |
|
Crotalus viridis caliginsis |
rattlesnake species |
|
Crotalus viridis concolor |
Midget faded rattlesnake |
|
Crotalus viridis helleri |
Southern Pacific rattlesnake |
|
Crotalus viridis lutosus |
Great basin rattlesnake |
|
Crotalus viridis viridis |
Prarie rattlesnake |
|
Crotalus willardi willardi |
Ridge-nosed rattlesnake |
|
Daboia russelli siamensis |
Russell' viper subspecies |
|
Dispholidus typus |
Boomslang |
|
Echis carinatus multisquamatus
(Iran) |
Saw-scaled viper |
|
Echis carinatus sochureki(Pakistan) |
Saw-scaled viper |
|
Echis coloratus |
Carpet viper |
|
Echis ocellatus (Nigeria) |
Saw-scaled viper |
|
Echis pyramidium (Egypt) |
Saw-scaled viper |
|
Echis pyramidium (Kenya) |
Saw-scaled viper |
|
Echis pyramidium (Saudi Arabian) |
Saw-scaled viper |
|
Eristicophis macmohoni |
Asian sand viper |
|
Gloydius halys |
Pallas' viper |
|
Hydrophis belcheri |
sea snake species |
|
Hydrophis fasciatus |
Banded small headed sea snake |
|
Hydrophis klossi |
sea snake species |
|
Hydrophis ornatus |
Reef sea snake |
|
Hydrophis spiralis |
Yellow sea snake |
|
Kerilia jerdoni |
Jerdon's sea snake |
|
Laticauda laticauda |
Banded sea krait |
|
Micrurus alleni |
coral snake species |
|
Micrurus annulatus hertwigi |
coral snake species |
|
Micrurus dumarillii |
coral snake species |
|
Micrurus frontalis frontalis |
Southern coral snake |
|
Micrurus micrurus anomalus |
coral snake species |
|
Micrurus nigrocinctus |
Black banded coral snake |
|
Micrurus spixi obscurus |
Amazonian coral snake subspecies |
|
Naja kaouthia |
Monocled cobra |
|
Naja melanoleuca |
Forest cobra |
|
Naja nigricollis |
Black necked spitting cobra |
|
Naja oxiana |
Central Asian cobra |
|
Naja pallida |
Red spitting cobra |
|
Porthidium nasuta |
Hognosed viper |
|
Praescutata viperina |
Viperine sea snake |
|
Pseudocerastes fieldi |
Field's horned viper |
|
Pseudocerastes persicus |
Persian horned viper |
|
Rhabdophis subminiatus |
Red-necked keeled snake |
|
Thelotornis kirtlandi |
Vine or Twig snake |
|
Trimeresurus elegans |
Sakishima habu |
|
Trimeresurus flavoviridis |
Okinawa habu |
|
Trimeresurus macrosquamatus |
Chinese habu |
|
Trimeresurus okinavensis |
Himehabu |
|
Trimeresurus stejnegeri |
Chinese green tree viper |
|
Vipera aspis |
Asp viper |
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Vipera xanthina |
Near east viper |
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