Realms

  1  Crossed pitviper Maximum length: 169cm. Brazil has 30 Bothrops pitvipers, in many varying habitats. In species like the […]

  1  Desert adaptions Snakes slithering among cacti is reasonably common in Arizona and Chihuahua, yet there’s also snakes which

  1  Red-bellied black snake Maximum length: 254cm. Australia is full of semi-aquatic snakes, but the red-bellied black snake is

  1  Mexican lancehead rattlesnake Maximum length: 100cm. A dangerously venomous species of central Mexico, which is more neurotoxic as

  1  Elegant sea snake Maximum length: 260cm. A common sea snake found in Australasia, which easily reaches 2 metres,

  1  Indian cobra Maximum length: 2.2 metres. Indian coffee plantations aren’t just places for farmers to grow beans, but

  1  Copperhead Maximum length: 134.6cm. The copperhead is one of the USA’s most feared snakes, particularly among dog walkers.

  1  Himalayan pitviper Maximum length: 95.8cm. Forget swaying rope bridges, forget massive glacial chunks about to break off –

  1  Forest cobra Maximum length: 320cm. In the average British forest, the biggest risk is slipping in your wellies

  1  Cottonmouth Maximum length: 189.2cm. Probably the most feared of all US snakes. Cottonmouths are a widespread species, occurring