Shire Snakes

Toxicity of Venomous Snakes

This comparison of the relative toxicity of various venous snake species relies on LD50 results being available for each species.

[top]Australian Snakes

Inland Taipan
Oxyuranus microlepidotus
50.0

Common Brown Snake
Pseudonaja textilis
12.5

Taipan
Oxyuranus scutellatus
7.8

Reevesby Island Tiger Snake
Notechis ater niger
5.1

Common Tiger Snake
Notechis scutatus
4.2

Western Tiger Snake
Notechis ater occidentalis
4

Beaked Sea Snake
Enhydrina schistosa
2.9

Chappell Island Tiger Snake
Notechis ater serventyi
1.8

Common Death Adder
Acanthophis antarcticus
1.5

Western Brown Snake
Pseudonaja nuchalis
1.5

Copperhead
Austrelaps superbus
1.0

Dugite
Pseudonaja affinis
0.9

Stephens Banded Snake
Hoplocephalus stephensi
0.4

Rough Scaled Snake
Tropidechis carinatus
0.5

Spotted Black Snake
Pseudechis guttatus
0.3

King Brown Snake
Pseudechis australis
0.3

Collets Snake
Pseudechis colletti
0.2

Red Bellied Black Snake
Pseudechis porphyriacus
0.2

Small-eyed Snake
Cryptophis nigrescens
0.2

Whip Snake
Demansia olivacea
< 0.1


[top]Non-Australian Snakes

Papuan Black Snake
Pseudechis pauanus
0.4

King Cobra
Ophiophagus hannah
0.3

Eastern Diamond-back Rattlesnake
Crotalus adamanteus
< 0.1

Brazillian Viper (Barba amarilla)
Bothrops atrox
< 0.1


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