South America

  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

  1  Oaxacan coral snake Maximum length: 92.5cm. A Mexican coral snake, which only has a small territory, yet is

  1  Tops the Amazon bite tables The Amazon rainforest contains dozens of venomous snakes. Entering without a torch and

  1  A rainforest river snake The Micrurus coral snake genus numbers 82 in the Americas, and is adding new members

  1  Venezuelan lancehead Maximum length: 166.7cm. The Bothrops lancehead genus is one of the largest groups of venomous snakes