Extremes

  1  Common death adder Maximum length: 100cm. The thickest venomous snake in Australia by far. Like the eastern brown […]

  1  Sonoran whipsnake Maximum length: 186.3cm. One of the fastest snakes in North America. The Sonoran whipsnake (Masticophis bilineatus)

  1  Stejneger’s snail sucker  Maximum length: 62.4cm. A 35cm, branch-dwelling snake which belongs to the 22 member Sibon clan, collectively

  1  Red-tailed hawk The red-tailed hawk, or Buteo jamaicensis, is found in every single US state, all of central America,

  1  Mexico Number of species – 438. Mexico officially ranks first among all countries worldwide for the number of

  1  Coachwhip Maximum length: 259.1cm. The coachwhip is a non-venomous snake found across virtually the entire US south, from

  1  Emerald tree boa/green tree python Around the world, there are various pairs of snakes which diverged 10s of

  1  Thornscrub vine snake Maximum length: 152cm. A mostly harmless tree-climbing species. Thornscrub vine snakes belong to the Oxybelis

  1  Long-nosed worm snake Maximum length: 31cm. A harmless underground species of the Middle East and North Africa. The

  1  African bush viper Maximum length: 73.5cm. The hairy bush viper (Atheris hispida) is one of the most popular