Danger

  1  Copperhead Maximum length: 134.6cm. In the leafy woodlands of the eastern US, there’s no snake you’re more likely […]

  1  Greater black krait Maximum length: 129.5cm. If any snake group becomes exponentially more dangerous because of its nocturnal

  1  Horned adder Maximum length: 52.3cm (wild), 60.0cm (captivity). The horned adder (Bitis caudalis) has two things going for

  1  Bolivian anaconda Maximum length: 3.2 metres. This less famous anaconda species inhabits its namesake Bolivia, as well as

  1  Eastern coral snake Maximum length: 129.5cm. Coral snakes are extremely numerous in the Americas, with 82 confirmed species,

  1  Complete paralysis Different snake venoms have completely different specialities. Rattlesnakes tend to specialise in coagulopathy, destroying blood clotting

  1  Ribbon coral snake Maximum length: 145cm. One of the most widespread coral snakes in South America in terms

  1  Mexican jumping viper Maximum length: 69.5cm. A dangerously venomous species found in forests of southern Mexico. This sluggish

  1  Many-horned adder Maximum length: 75cm. An African species with a horn above each eye, sometimes called the “hornsman”.

  1  Red spitting cobra Maximum length: 150cm. All cobras are unpredictable (except maybe the banded water cobra), and spitting