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  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

  1  Ball python Maximum length: 182cm. Around the world, there’s a small proportion of snakes which defend themselves not

  1  Fiji: banded sea krait Maximum length: 152.5cm. Fiji was randomly selected as the first member of this list

  1  African locust bean The African locust bean is actually a tree, not a bean. It’s a classic tree

  1  Banded water cobra Maximum length: 2.7 metres. One of the longest cobras worldwide, at an average of 1.8

  1  Black-necked spitting cobra Maximum length: 240cm. The most common spitting cobra in Africa, inhabiting a massive chunk of

  1  Nose-horned viper Maximum length: 110cm. Location: southeast Europe. Italy and Austria westernmost points. Widely considered to be the