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Gloydius blomhoffii, commonly known as the mamushi, [3] Japanese moccasin, Japanese pit viper, Qichun snake, Salmusa or Japanese mamushi, [4] is a pit viper species found in Japan. It was once considered to have 4 subspecies, but it is now considered monotypic.
Mounted specimen at the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan. Growing to an average total length of 4–5 feet (120–150 cm), with a maximum of 7.9 feet (240 cm), [8] this is the largest member of its genus. It is slenderly built and gracefully proportioned with a large head. The crown of the head is covered with small scales.
Antivenom is manufactured by the Japan Snake Institute [8] and is an effective treatment for R. tigrinus bites [9] [10], but is an unapproved drug. The venom is highly hemorrhagic [11] [12]. While the term "poisonous snake" is often incorrectly used for a wide variety of venomous snakes, some species of Rhabdophis are in fact poisonous as well ...
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Non-venomous rat snakes found in Japan are the endemic Japanese rat snake, Japanese forest rat snake, Japanese four-lined rat snake, and the king rat snake and beauty rat snake (subspecies Orthriophis taeniurus schmackeri) which in Japan are found only in the warm Ryukyu islands but have much wider distributions on mainland Asia.
The Common death adder (Acanthophis antarcticus) is a highly venomous snake species with a 50–60% untreated mortality rate. [87] It is also the fastest striking venomous snake in the world. [88] A death adder can go from a strike position, to strike and envenoming their prey, and back to strike position again, in less than 0.15 seconds. [88]
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Habu (波布) is a Ryukyuan name referring to certain venomous snakes: Sakishima habu at Kohama Island, Okinawa. The following species are found in the Ryukyu Islands of Japan: Protobothrops elegans, a.k.a. the Sakishima habu, found in the southern Ryukyu Islands; Protobothrops flavoviridis, a.k.a. the Okinawan habu, found in the southern ...