australia's 10 most venomous snakes

[ashley_morris22]

what are they, i cant find much arout with the hole ten
can the list be for 1 to 10


thanks
ashley

 

[insectovor]

descibe most venomous..........as in toxicity of the venom?? or agressiveness of the snake? or venom yield??........

 

[ashley_morris22]

that table this lo50 thing i cant find it.

 

[basketcase]

this list is according to subcutaneous bites (the most common type of envenomation) in LD50 testing (lethal dose in 50% of test subjects)

Oxyuranus microlepidotus - Inland taipan

Pseudonaja textilis - Eastern brown snake

Oxyuranus scutellatus - Coastal taipan

Notechis a. occidentalis - Western tiger snake

Notechis scutulatus - Mainland tiger snake

Notechis a. serventyi - Chapel island tiger snake

Pseudonaja nuchalis - Gwardar/Western brown snake

Acanthophis antarcticus - Common death adder

Austrelaps superbus - Lowland copperhead

Pseudonaja affinis - Dugite

the following points are important

- these tests were conducted using mice and aren't current

- this list doesn't include sea snakes, which would make up about half of the top 10.

- it also doesnt take venom yield, proximity to humans or likelyhood of biting into account... it simply states the most venomous, NOT the most dangerous. i for one find this list extremely misleading as it doesn't take alot of variables into account

i hope i covered all bases...

 

[nuthn2do]

i for one find this list extremely misleading as it doesn't take alot of variables into account

Although quite handy if your a lab mouse going camping

 

[ashley_morris22]

thanks heaps for that

 

[Hickson]

i hope i covered all bases...

The mice were in the 18-21 gram range.



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[basketcase]

i knew it! i knew you'd find something hix!

 

[Hickson]

he he he :lol: :lol: :lol:



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