South America

  1  Patagonian lancehead Maximum length: 75cm. The official most southerly snake on Earth, among nearly 4000 species. The Patagonian

  1  Ruschenberg’s tree boa Maximum length: around 250cm. The most common constrictor on Trinidad and Tobago. This is a

  1  Common in eastern Brazil Brazil is full of snakes that could paralyse your lungs, melt your brain, and

  1  Everywhere in northeastern Brazil In different parts of the world, different snakes reign supreme over the local population.

  1  A pitviper’s greatest fear In southeast Asia, the reigning snake-eating snake is undoubtedly the king cobra, which sits

  1  A classic mid-venomous species The Amazon rainforest contains hundreds of weird snakes, from thick vipers that grind forward

  1  The green anaconda’s smaller cousin Everyone’s heard of the green anaconda, the colossal Amazon river constrictor which is

  1  Brazil’s worst coral snake In southeast Brazil, there’s many snakes you could be bitten by. There’s the crossed

  1  A common Brazilian tree snake Boa constrictors are found in virtually every corner of South America (except Chile

  1  Super widespread in South America If there’s a global award for snakes that are large, extremely widespread, yet