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It is a common discussion amongst snake enthusiasts as to how vens compare re; toxicity, deadliness, etc...

I thought you might find this table interesting, it is based on comparison with the toxicity of the Indian Cobra venom, which is assigned a 1 rating.

The table is not mine, but comes from the barefoot bushman site.

Inland Taipan



Oxyuranus microlepidotus
50.0



Common Brown Snake



Pseudonaja textilis
12.5



Taipan



Oxyuranus scutellatus
7.8



Reevesby Is. Tiger Snake



Notechis ater niger
5.1



Common Tiger Snake



Notechis scutatus
4.2



Western Tiger Snake



Notechis ater occidentalis
4.0



Beaked sea snake



Enhydrina schistosa
2.9



Chappell Is. 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



Non-Australian

Indian cobra



Naja naja naja
1.0



Papuan black snake



Pseudechis pauanus
0.4



King cobra



Ophiophagus hannah
0.3



E. diamond-back rattlesnake



Crotalus adamanteus
<<0.1



Brazillian viper (Barba amarilla)
Bothrops atrox
 
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How come the king cobra gets a rating of one at the start but in the table it is only 0.3????
 
Ahh that makes sense, I wonder where the new taipan that was discovered will fit in.
 
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