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Another large species in this family is the false water cobra (Hydrodynastes gigas) reaching a length of 3 m (9.8 ft), and a mass of 4.56 kg (10.1 lb), [79] [80] one of the largest venomous snakes in South America. The tiger rat snake (Spilotes pullatus), also living in South America, can reach a length of 2.7 m (8 ft 10 in). [81]
Eastern diamondback rattlesnake at the Saint Louis Zoo Detail of rattle. The eastern diamondback rattlesnake is the largest rattlesnake species and is one of the heaviest known species of venomous snake, with one specimen shot in 1946 measuring 2.4 m (7.8 ft) in length and weighing 15.4 kg (34 lb).
The black mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis) is a large and highly venomous snake species native to much of Sub-Saharan Africa. It is the second longest venomous snake species in the world and is the fastest moving land snake, capable of moving at 4.32 to 5.4 metres per second (16–20 km/h, 10–12 mph).
The Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake is the largest venomous snake in North America. Some of these snakes can even reach up to 8 feet in length. A bite from this rattlesnake is extremely painful ...
The king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) is a species complex of snakes endemic to Asia.With an average of 3.18 to 4 m (10.4 to 13.1 ft) and a record length of 5.85 m (19.2 ft), [2] it is the world's longest venomous snake and among the heaviest.
It is the heaviest venomous snake in Africa and one of the heaviest in the world along with the king cobra and eastern diamondback rattlesnake. [14] The head is large and triangular, while the neck is greatly narrowed, only about one-third the width of the head. [5] A pair of "horns" is present between the raised nostrils—tiny in B. gabonica ...
The largest recorded specimen was 3.65 m (almost 12 feet) long, making the species the largest of all vipers and the longest venomous snake in the Western Hemisphere. [5] Lachesis muta is the third longest venomous snake in the world, exceeded in length only by the king cobra and the black mamba.
The largest rattlesnake, the eastern diamondback, ... An estimated 7,000 to 8,000 people are bitten by venomous snakes in the United States each year, ...