"(2008). In several European countries, it is notable as being the only native venomous snake. It is one of only three snake species native to Britain. The other two, the barred grass snake and the smooth snake, are non-venomous. In the United Kingdom, it is illegal to kill, injure, harm or sell adders under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. The same situation applies to Norway under the """" (The Wildlife Act 1981) and Denmark (1981). The common viper is categorised as 'endangered' in Switzerland, and is also protected in some other countries in its range. It is also found"
"but as the weight of the mother increases, larger eggs are produced, yielding larger young. Viperid snakes are found in the Americas, Africa, and Eurasia. In the Americas, they are native from south of the 48th parallel, through the United States, Mexico, Central America, and into South America. In the old world, viperids are located everywhere except Siberia, Ireland, and the continent of Australia. The adder, a viperid, is the only venomous snake found in Great Britain, and is also found north of the Arctic Circle in Norway and Sweden. Viperid venoms typically contain an abundance of protein-degrading enzymes, called"
"King cobra The king cobra (""Ophiophagus hannah""), also known as the hamadryad, is a venomous snake species in the family Elapidae, endemic to forests from India through Southeast Asia. It is threatened by habitat destruction and has been listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List since 2010. It is the world's longest venomous snake. Adult king cobras are long. The longest known individual measured . Despite the word ""cobra"" in its common name, this species does not belong to genus ""Naja"" but is the sole member of its own. It preys chiefly on other snakes and occasionally on some"
"least 10 envenomations occur annually, face an appreciable burden of snakebite. In Australia, there are many more annual cases of spiderbite and jellyfish envenomation than snakebite; however, when considering the number of fatal cases, snakebite is the most serious type of envenoming. Australia is unique in that it is the only continent where venomous snakes constitute the majority of species. Nearly all venomous species in Australia are elapids, as vipers are absent from the continent. The brown snakes, death adders, mulga snakes, taipans, and tiger snakes are the five groups that inflict virtually all reported snakebites, although copperheads, rough-scaled snakes,"
"Barred grass snake The barred grass snake (""Natrix helvetica"") is a non-venomous colubrid snake from Western Europe, living in and close to water. It was included within the grass snake species, ""Natrix natrix"", until August 2017, when genetic analysis suggested that it was better treated as a separate species. The recently identified species has distinct banding along its flanks for the entire length of its body and it lacks the bright yellow collar of the similar ""Natrix natrix"". The body colour is grey rather than the olive green of ""Natrix natrix"". The species is found in Great Britain as far"
"Timber rattlesnake The timber rattlesnake, canebrake rattlesnake or banded rattlesnake (""Crotalus horridus""), is a species of venomous pit viper endemic to the eastern United States. This is the only rattlesnake species in most of the populous northeastern United States and is second only to the related prairie rattlesnake as the most northerly distributed venomous snake in North America. No subspecies are currently recognized. The subspecies ""C. h. atricaudatus"" (Latreille ""in"" Sonnini and Latreille, 1802), often referred to as the canebrake rattlesnake, is currently considered invalid. Previously, it was recognized by Gloyd (1936) and Klauber (1936). Based on an analysis of"
"and two other rare species, the hairy-legged vampire bat (""Diphylla ecaudata"") and the white-winged vampire bat (""Diaemus youngi""). These bats produce toxic saliva with anticoagulant properties and have a series of anatomical and physiological adaptations to allow nourishment based solely on blood. The majority of their prey do not perish from the attack or contact with the venom. Slow lorises (of the genus ""Nycticebus"") are accepted as the only known venomous primate. Slow loris venom was known in folklore in their host countries throughout southeast Asia for centuries; but dismissed by Western science until the 1990s. There are nine recognised"
"Broad-headed snake The broad-headed snake (""Hoplocephalus bungaroides"") is a venomous snake that is restricted to the Sydney Basin in NSW, Australia. It is one of 3 snakes in the genus ""Hoplocephalus"", all restricted to eastern Australia. It is currently endangered in New South Wales and is listed as Vulnerable under the Commonwealth Legislation. The broad-headed snake is a small to medium-sized species of venomous snake. Fully-grown snakes attain an average maximum length of 60 cm although some records show that they can grow as large as 90 cm. They are black with numerous irregular yellow markings arranged in narrow cross-bands,"
"bodies in a weekly inoculation that potentially might protect them from the snake, though no scientific evidence supports this. Cobra stones or gems or pearls are believed to develop from the cobra's hood. King cobra The king cobra (""Ophiophagus hannah""), also known as the hamadryad, is a venomous snake species in the family Elapidae, endemic to forests from India through Southeast Asia. It is threatened by habitat destruction and has been listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List since 2010. It is the world's longest venomous snake. Adult king cobras are long. The longest known individual measured . Despite"
"and is therefore considered no threat to humans. It feeds mainly on geckos and lizards. The species can be found in open and scrubby country including beaches and open woodlands. European cat snake The European cat snake (""Telescopus fallax""), also known as the Soosan snake, is a venomous colubrid snake endemic to the Mediterranean and Caucasus regions. It occurs in Italy, Greece (Paros, Antiparos, Tourlos, Crete, Kalymnos, Samos, Milos, Corfu), Albania, coastal Slovenia, Croatia (including some Adriatic islands), Herzegovina, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, southern Bulgaria, Turkey, Malta, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Israel, southern Russia (Caucasus, Dagestan), Armenia, Georgia, and"
"Vipera berus Vipera berus, the common European adder or common European viper, is a venomous snake that is extremely widespread and can be found throughout most of Western Europe and as far as East Asia. Known by a host of common names including common adder and common viper, adders have been the subject of much folklore in Britain and other European countries. They are not regarded as especially dangerous; the snake is not aggressive and usually bites only when really provoked, stepped on, or picked up. Bites can be very painful, but are seldom fatal. The specific name, ""berus"", is"
"well adapted to eating venomous spiders and eating other snakes, including all venomous snakes. Mulga snake The mulga snake (""Pseudechis australis"") is a species of venomous snake found in Australia. It is one of the longest venomous snakes in the world, and is the second-longest in Australia (surpassed only by the coastal taipan). Its alternative common name is king brown snake, although it is a species in the genus ""Pseudechis"" (black snakes) and only distantly related to true brown snakes. The species was first described by John Edward Gray in 1842, who placed it in the genus ""Naja"" (cobras). In"
"The tentacled snake is the only species of snake to possess twin ""tentacles"" on the front of its head, which have been shown to have mechanosensory function. Its diet consists solely of fish. Although it does have venomous fangs, the tentacled snake is not considered dangerous to humans. The fangs are small, only partially grooved, and positioned deep in the rear of the mouth. The venom is specific to the fish that the tentacled snake eats. A native of South-East Asia, the tentacled snake can be found in Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. The snake lives its entire life in the"
"been extirpated in Maine, Rhode Island, and Ontario and only one population remains in New Hampshire. They are protected in many of the Appalachian states, but their populations continue to decline. Timber rattlesnake The timber rattlesnake, canebrake rattlesnake or banded rattlesnake (""Crotalus horridus""), is a species of venomous pit viper endemic to the eastern United States. This is the only rattlesnake species in most of the populous northeastern United States and is second only to the related prairie rattlesnake as the most northerly distributed venomous snake in North America. No subspecies are currently recognized. The subspecies ""C. h. atricaudatus"" (Latreille"
"or brown markings that are distinct mid-dorsally and fade towards its sides. Saint Lucia lancehead The Saint Lucia lancehead or Saint Lucia pit viper ""(Bothrops caribbaeus)"" is a species of venomous snake which is endemic to the West Indies. It is found only on the island of Saint Lucia in the Caribbean Lesser Antilles. The snake is threatened and today limited to two areas of the island. The only location outside of St. Lucia where these snakes are allowed to be kept is the Kentucky Reptile Zoo. The Saint Lucia lancehead can reach a total length in excess of ."
"European cat snake The European cat snake (""Telescopus fallax""), also known as the Soosan snake, is a venomous colubrid snake endemic to the Mediterranean and Caucasus regions. It occurs in Italy, Greece (Paros, Antiparos, Tourlos, Crete, Kalymnos, Samos, Milos, Corfu), Albania, coastal Slovenia, Croatia (including some Adriatic islands), Herzegovina, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, southern Bulgaria, Turkey, Malta, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Israel, southern Russia (Caucasus, Dagestan), Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan. The European cat snake is venomous, but because it is rear-fanged (fangs are located at the back of the upper jaw), it rarely injects its venom in defensive biting,"
"Its venom is 1.6 times as toxic as that of the Indian cobra (""Naja naja""). The curl snake (""Suta suta"") has been reported preying on speckled brown snakes at Goyder Lagoon in South Australia. Speckled brown snake The speckled brown snake or spotted brown snake (""Pseudonaja guttata"") is a species of venomous elapid snake native to northeastern Australia. English zoologist Hampton Wildman Parker described the speckled brown snake as ""Demansia guttata"" in 1926 from a specimen collected in Winton, Queensland. The brown snakes were moved to ""Pseudonaja"" by Australian naturalist Eric Worrell in the early 1960s on the basis of"
"Hydrophis semperi Hydrophis semperi, commonly known as Garman's sea snake, the Lake Taal snake, or the Philippine freshwater sea snake, is a rare species of venomous sea snake found only in a single lake on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. It is noted for being one of two known species of sea snakes (and the only one in its family) that is known to be found almost-exclusively in freshwater. The other freshwater sea snake species is ""Laticauda crockeri. The specific name, ""semperi"", is in honor of German zoologist Carl Gottfried Semper. ""Hydrophis semperi"" is classified with the rest"
"size, and (due to a dinucleotide deletion in the 3FTx gene) much reduced toxicity of the venom. Only one other species of sea snake, ""Emydocephalus annulatus"", shares ""A. eydouxii""’s eggs-only diet. Aipysurus eydouxii Aipysurus eydouxii, commonly known as the beaded sea snake, marbled seasnake, or spine-tailed seasnake, is a species of sea snake in the family Elapidae. This species of snake is unusual amongst sea snakes in that it feeds exclusively on fish eggs. As part of this unusual diet, this species has lost its fangs, and the venom glands are almost entirely atrophied. The specific name, ""eydouxii"", commemorates the"
"home to a variety of plant and animal life, including some rare specimens. Adders, Britain's only native venomous snake, are seen on the Moss, and prey upon small rodents, such as voles. Many wild bird species inhabit Salta and the surrounding area, including larger species such as pheasants, which are also bred locally for hunting. The Moss contains several varieties of heather, as well as the purple moor grass ""Molinia caerulea"". Ferns and gorse are common too, and in areas where peat has been cut in the past, there are bog mosses, the bog bean ""Menyanthus trifoliata"", and marsh pennywort."
"Enhydrina Enhydrina, commonly known as the beaked sea snake, hook-nosed sea snake, common sea snake, is a genus of highly venomous sea snakes. Study of Enhydrina is important for the making of anti-venom. The only sea snake anti-venom available at this time is for snakes in Malaysia of the Species Enhydrina schistosa, often noted as E. schistosa. Both species are found in shallow open sea, river mouths, estuaries, coastal lagoons, and mangrove forests. Normally in water from 3.7-22.2 meters deep. Usually over soft bottoms like mud and sand. Some are found in freshwater lakes in Cambodia and India. As been"
"wildlife, including Adders, Britain's only native venomous snake, and several varieties of heather, as well as the purple moor grass ""Molinia caerulea"". The name ""Salta"" comes from Old English ""sēalt-tir"", meaning ""salt land"". In Anglo-Saxon times, salt making was a major industry on the Solway coast, and there are remains of medieval salt pans near Milefortlet 21, only a few miles down the coast from Salta. Salta appears in older documents with several variant spellings, including ""Sathowe"". On Salta Moss, an area of common land next to the hamlet, a Bronze Age rapier (a kind of sword) was discovered in"
"gecko, spur-thighed tortoise, and the stripe-necked terrapin. There are four species of snake on the island and these are not dangerous to humans. The four species include the leopard snake (locally known as Ochendra), the Balkan whip snake (locally called Dendrogallia), the dice snake (called Nerofido in Greek), and the only venomous snake is the nocturnal cat snake which has evolved to deliver a weak venom at the back of its mouth to paralyse geckos and small lizards, and is not dangerous to humans. Turtles include the green turtle and the loggerhead turtle which are both endangered species. The loggerhead"
"Ringed brown snake The ringed brown snake (""Pseudonaja modesta"") is a species of venomous elapid snake native to a broad swathe of inland Australia, from western New South Wales and Queensland to Western Australia. Albert Günther described it as ""Cacophis modesta"" in 1872, from specimens collected in northwestern Australia. The species name ""modesta"" is the Latin adjective ""unassuming"", ""orderly"", or ""well-behaved"", regarded as apt by toxicologist Struan Sutherland as the snake generally does not bite people. Meanwhile, Charles Walter De Vis described ""Brachysoma sutherlandi"" from Carl Creek, Norman River in northwestern Queensland in 1884, and William Macleay described ""Furina ramsayi"","
"in Europe, South America, Australia, and southern Africa, and none in Madagascar, the Caribbean, or the Pacific Islands. Colubrine snakes are extremely morphologically and ecologically diverse. Many are terrestrial, and there are specialized fossorial (e.g. ""Tantilla"") and arboreal (e.g. ""Oxybelis"") groups, but no truly aquatic groups. Some of the most powerful constrictors (e.g. ""Pantherophis"", ""Pituophis"", ""Lampropeltis"") are members of this group, as are a few snakes that have strong enough venom to kill humans (i.e. boomslangs [""Dispholidus""] and twigsnakes [""Thelotornis""]). Within Colubrinae, genera and species seem to make up five distinct radiations that are to varying degrees broadly similar in"
"Blue-bellied black snake Pseudechis guttatus (the blue-bellied black snake or spotted black snake) is a species of black snake that is only found in the inland areas of south-eastern Queensland and northern New South Wales. On average, their measurement is 1.25 m, but some snakes have been found to measure as long as 2 m. Their diet consists of frogs, lizards, and small mammals, therefore making them carnivorous. They, like most other snakes, are oviparous, laying 7–12 eggs during their breeding season. It is unknown what their average venom ejection is. When mice are bitten, the snake's venom is the"
"found to travel up rivers. One was found 7 km upriver in Goa, India. Enhydrina Enhydrina, commonly known as the beaked sea snake, hook-nosed sea snake, common sea snake, is a genus of highly venomous sea snakes. Study of Enhydrina is important for the making of anti-venom. The only sea snake anti-venom available at this time is for snakes in Malaysia of the Species Enhydrina schistosa, often noted as E. schistosa. Both species are found in shallow open sea, river mouths, estuaries, coastal lagoons, and mangrove forests. Normally in water from 3.7-22.2 meters deep. Usually over soft bottoms like mud"
"may occur. The species has four recognised subspecies : The subspecies ""V. b. bosniensis"" and ""V. b. sachalinensis"" have been regarded as full species in some recent publications. Vipera berus Vipera berus, the common European adder or common European viper, is a venomous snake that is extremely widespread and can be found throughout most of Western Europe and as far as East Asia. Known by a host of common names including common adder and common viper, adders have been the subject of much folklore in Britain and other European countries. They are not regarded as especially dangerous; the snake is"
"is not considered to be used for commercial use and is not known from any protected areas. However, it is listed in Schedule IV of Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. Beddome's coral snake Beddome's coral snake (""Calliophis beddomei"" ) is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is endemic to hills of peninsular India. ""C. beddomei"" is named after Richard Henry Beddome (1830-1911), British army officer and naturalist. Beddome's coral snake is found in semi-evergreen and tropical dry deciduous hills in the Eastern Ghats and the Western Ghats of India. Being first described from the Shevaroy Hills"
"the snakes responsible for venomous bites belong to the viper family, and of these, the coastal viper, nose-horned viper, asp viper, and Lataste's viper inflict the majority of bites. Although Europe has a population of some 731 million people, snake bites are only responsible for between 1 and 7 (average of 4) fatalities each year, largely due to wide access to health care services and antivenom, as well as the relatively mild potency of many native species' venom. Even in Europe, measurement of the prevalence and mortality due to venomous snakebite is challenging, and most figures are likely underestimates. The"
"summer, females lay eight to 17 cylindrical eggs with dimensions of about over the span of several days. The snake's venom, one of its components of which is a neurotoxin called rufoxin, causes hypotension and circulatory shock in small mammals, but is not dangerous to humans. Rufous beaked snake The rufous beaked snake (""Rhamphiophis oxyrhynchus"") is a species of mildly venomous snake endemic to East Africa. It is named for its hooked snout, which it uses to dig burrows, and for its reddish-brown back scales. It hunts small animals during the day with the help of its venomous bite. The"
"than 21,000 species of insects. Few species of reptiles or amphibians are found in Great Britain or Ireland. Only three snakes are native to Great Britain: the common European adder, the grass snake and the smooth snake; none are native to Ireland. In general, Great Britain has slightly more variation and native wild life, with weasels, polecats, wildcats, most shrews, moles, water voles, roe deer and common toads also being absent from Ireland. This pattern is also true for birds and insects. Notable exceptions include the Kerry slug and certain species of woodlouse native to Ireland but not Great Britain."
"Hank, a gun-toting, cowboy-hat-wearing Gila monster. A similar character as an old western outlaw was seen in 2011 animated film ""Rango"", called Bad Bill; the character was voiced by Ray Winstone. In 2017, the Vegas Golden Knights selected a Gila monster, named Chance, as the official mascot. Gila monster The Gila monster (""Heloderma suspectum"", ) is a species of venomous lizard native to the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexican state of Sonora. A heavy, typically slow-moving lizard, up to long, the Gila monster is the only venomous lizard native to the United States and one of only two known"