top 10 venomous snakes

[lakefieldherper]

hello

my young lad is doing a project on ---top 10 venomous snakes.
just wondering if any one knows some good web sites???
he's looking for top 10 venomous snakes by venom toxicology.

and also wondering which snake (Venomous) kills the most people a year.

thank you
jason

[Bartman]

I would think the rattlesnake kills most people in a year..just a guess though.

And I know inland typan is number one venemous. Just type in google, most venemous snakes. They give you a nice top ten usually.

[geckoguy157]

im preety sure rattle snakes dont kill the most people a year

[CamHanna]

I think Russell's Vipers kill the most people each year.

Here is a link to Dr. Fry's LD50 chart. http://www.venomdoc.com/LD50/LD50men.html. An LD50 is not the be all and end all of venomous ranking by any means but it's a good place to start, and for a young lads progect it should suffice. The number represents the dose of venom (mg/kg) that will kill the test subject at least 50% of the time. As snake with a lower dosage is more dangerous. Of course the test subject is not human and the results will probably vary slightly in us.

Here is another link. http://www.reptile-gardens.com/reptile/topten.html

[lakefieldherper]

thank you for the links

they will be very useful.

thanks
jason

[kevyn]

From what I've read and heard, the Carpet Viper or Saw-Scaled Viper kills more people per year than any other species.

[ChurleR]

Less than 10 people die in the United States each year from snakebite. Probably 5-7 of those are Rattlesnake bites. Around 10,000 die each year from Sawscale Viper bites I believe. The genus <i>Echis</i> is a good start.