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there are thirty different species of dangerously venomous snakes in australia and for various reasons it is difficult to list them in order of there relative danger to human beings. The net of effect of the snake bite depends on the combination of many factors. These can be divided into victim factors,snake factors and management factors.
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age size, wieght, first aid
venom toxicity , hospital managment
health , number of bites
body chemistry , weather venom
inoculated.
volume of venom
inoculated.
mainly the snakes ratings take into account both the toxicity of the venom and the average venom yeld.
but when you look at the top ten most deadliest , the first is inland tiapan, but you dont normaly see them and second is the commen brown , third the coastal tiapan and some where down the line is king brown which is in the black snake family(pseudechis australis or mulga snake) has the most venom yeild out of any australian venomous snake, and when you look at the toxins that it provides and the population of there habbitat then maybe it be a different rating, there finding more infomation on venomous snake now as more people get bitten more research is advanced.
cheers steve.
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age size, wieght, first aid
venom toxicity , hospital managment
health , number of bites
body chemistry , weather venom
inoculated.
volume of venom
inoculated.
mainly the snakes ratings take into account both the toxicity of the venom and the average venom yeld.
but when you look at the top ten most deadliest , the first is inland tiapan, but you dont normaly see them and second is the commen brown , third the coastal tiapan and some where down the line is king brown which is in the black snake family(pseudechis australis or mulga snake) has the most venom yeild out of any australian venomous snake, and when you look at the toxins that it provides and the population of there habbitat then maybe it be a different rating, there finding more infomation on venomous snake now as more people get bitten more research is advanced.
cheers steve.
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cockney red
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Deadliest, as opposed to most venomous would include, Indian cobra, Russels viper, puff adder, saw scaled viper, fer de lance. Probably kill in excess of 100,000 a year. Pretty much a 3rd world thing.
JasonL
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I rather be bitten by any Aussie snake than a Russells Viper.
PhilK
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Australia has all of the worlds top ten most venomous snakes (top 13 or so, even?)
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This scale measures the toxicity of the venom, not the deadliness of the snake. As most Australian elapids inject relatively small amounts of venom per bite, this does not really reflect their dangerousness compared to other snakes.
An Eastern Brown, for example, injects about 5 mg per bite
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=6857711&dopt=AbstractPlus
while a Black Mamba injects about 100 mg.
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/animals/reptiles/blackmamba.htm
Here is a list that takes this into account:
1) Fierce Snake or Inland Taipan (Oxyuranus microlepidotus ), Australia. This has the most toxic venom of any snake. Maximum yield recorded (for one bite) is 110mg. That would probably be enough to kill over 100 people or 250,000 mice.
2) Australian Brown Snake (Pseudonaja textilis ), Australia. One 1/14,000 of an ounce of this venom is enough to kill a person.
3) Malayan Krait (Bungarus candidus ), Southeast Asia and Indonesia. 50% of the bites from this snake are fatal even with the use of antivenin treatment.
4) Taipan (Oxyuranus scutellatus ), Australia. The venom delivered in a single Taipan bite is enough to kill up to 12,000 guinea pigs.
5) Tiger Snake (Notechis scutatus ), Australia. The Tiger snake is a very aggressive snake that kills more people in Australia that any other snake on that continent.
6) Beaked Sea Snake (Enhydrina schistosa ), South Asian waters Arabian Sea to Coral Sea.
7) Saw Scaled Viper (Echis carinatus ), Middle East Asia. Saw Scaled Vipers kill more people in Africa than all the other venomous African snakes combined. Its venom is 5 times more toxic than that of the cobra.
8) Coral Snake (Micrurus fulvius ), North America. Coral Snakes have a very potent venom but many are too small to deliver enough venom to kill a human. It is elapid (relative of the cobras and mambas).
9) Boomslang (Dispholidus typus ), Africa. The Boomslang is the most seriously venomous rear-fanged snake in the world. They have very long fangs and can open their mouths a full 180 degrees to bite.
10) Death Adder (Acanthophis antarcticus ), Australia and New Guinea. A dosage of 10mg of Death Adder venom is enough to kill a human. A good sized Death Adder can deliver up to 180mg in a single bite.
(from http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/webprojects2003/stoneley/strength.htm)
An Eastern Brown, for example, injects about 5 mg per bite
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=6857711&dopt=AbstractPlus
while a Black Mamba injects about 100 mg.
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/animals/reptiles/blackmamba.htm
Here is a list that takes this into account:
1) Fierce Snake or Inland Taipan (Oxyuranus microlepidotus ), Australia. This has the most toxic venom of any snake. Maximum yield recorded (for one bite) is 110mg. That would probably be enough to kill over 100 people or 250,000 mice.
2) Australian Brown Snake (Pseudonaja textilis ), Australia. One 1/14,000 of an ounce of this venom is enough to kill a person.
3) Malayan Krait (Bungarus candidus ), Southeast Asia and Indonesia. 50% of the bites from this snake are fatal even with the use of antivenin treatment.
4) Taipan (Oxyuranus scutellatus ), Australia. The venom delivered in a single Taipan bite is enough to kill up to 12,000 guinea pigs.
5) Tiger Snake (Notechis scutatus ), Australia. The Tiger snake is a very aggressive snake that kills more people in Australia that any other snake on that continent.
6) Beaked Sea Snake (Enhydrina schistosa ), South Asian waters Arabian Sea to Coral Sea.
7) Saw Scaled Viper (Echis carinatus ), Middle East Asia. Saw Scaled Vipers kill more people in Africa than all the other venomous African snakes combined. Its venom is 5 times more toxic than that of the cobra.
8) Coral Snake (Micrurus fulvius ), North America. Coral Snakes have a very potent venom but many are too small to deliver enough venom to kill a human. It is elapid (relative of the cobras and mambas).
9) Boomslang (Dispholidus typus ), Africa. The Boomslang is the most seriously venomous rear-fanged snake in the world. They have very long fangs and can open their mouths a full 180 degrees to bite.
10) Death Adder (Acanthophis antarcticus ), Australia and New Guinea. A dosage of 10mg of Death Adder venom is enough to kill a human. A good sized Death Adder can deliver up to 180mg in a single bite.
(from http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/webprojects2003/stoneley/strength.htm)
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