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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.
The longest venomous snake, with a length up to 18.5–18.8 ft (5.6–5.7 m), is the king cobra, [1] while contesters for the heaviest title include the Gaboon viper and the Eastern diamondback rattlesnake. All of these three species reach a maximum mass in the range of 6–20 kg (13–44 lb).
The eastern indigo snake was first described by John Edwards Holbrook in 1842. For many years the genus Drymarchon was considered monotypic with one species, Drymarchon corais, with 12 subspecies, until the early 1990s when Drymarchon corais couperi was elevated to full species status according to the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, in their official names list.
Texas — White was bitten in Hays County, near Wimberley along Ranch to Market Road 12, about a quarter mile west of County Road 213. [52] [53] [54] September 6, 2004 Alexandria Hall, 44, female: Urutu pit viper (Bothrops alternatus) Ohio — Bitten at her home and died two days later from bleeding in the brain. [55] [56] June 20, 2004 Trent ...
Adults are 18 to 38 inches (46 to 97 cm) in length and colored black or brown with three yellow length-wise stripes. Non-venomous. Thamnophis sirtalis. Eastern garter snake. Adults are 2 to 4 feet (0.61 to 1.22 m) in length and colored gray, brown or green with three yellow length-wise stripes. Non-venomous.
The eastern copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix), [3] also known simply as the copperhead, is a species of venomous snake, a pit viper, endemic to eastern North America; it is a member of the subfamily Crotalinae in the family Viperidae. The eastern copperhead has distinctive, dark brown, hourglass-shaped markings, overlaid on a light reddish ...
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 .
Description. Naja ashei, the largest spitting cobra, averages around 1.3–2.0 m (4.3–6.6 ft) in total length (including tail). The largest specimen of this species to date, caught in Kenya, was 2.7 m (8.9 ft) in total length. [3][6] Some N. nigricollis may also reach such sizes, but this is very exceptional, whereas on the Kenyan coast ...