hey people was just looking through the most toxic snakes and found a list from bryan fry and it has has alot of snake that i thoguht wernt that toxic and i always thoguht the spotted blacck snake to be the most toxic pseudechis not including papuan black snake and it has the mulga and the red...
Ok, so I was talking to a mate of mine and flicking through the elapid thread, and it got me wondering, how many female ven keepers are actually out there? That actually own them on their license and not just their other halves owning them etc...? And got into keeping hots, on their own accord...
I found it interesting in what type of anti vens are used for different species ....
Immunotype
Treatment of snakebite in a clinical setting depends in part on the immunotype to which the speces belongs. The Snake Venom Detection Kit (SVDK) helps with determining this information...
Published On: 9-18-2009
Source: The National
THE Papuan black snake, thought to have become extinct due to cane toads, is alive and well in parts of the Central province, according to snake expert David Williams.
However, Mr Williams said it was unlikely to bite people like the deadly...
Whats the difference between red-bellied black snakes and blue-bellied black snakes?
Apart from colour?
I think blue bellieds have a worse bite. Is that it?
It is a common discussion amongst snake enthusiasts as to how vens compare re; toxicity, deadliness, etc...
I thought you might find this table interesting, it is based on comparison with the toxicity of the Indian Cobra venom, which is assigned a 1 rating.
The table is not mine, but comes...
Hi all,
The Papuan blacksnake (Pseudechis papuanus) was last recorded in PNG's heavily populated Central Province in 1992, and prior to that there had only been a handful of confirmed specimens since the early 1970's. During the last decade the only specimens in PNG have all come from the...
Hi all,
In response to a special request ... here are some pics of what is possibly one of the world's most endangered and least understood elapids...
Why endangered?
Put simply PNG is facing a Bufo marinus-led ecological disaster on a scale that is unprecedented. Cane toads have...
Here are a few pics from my latest fieldtrip through the Gulf, Southern Highlands and Western Provinces of PNG. Enjoy!
Waiting for the weekly plane at Wipim (Western Province)
Papuan death adder (Acanthophis laevis) hiding in leaf litter beside a bush track near Kuru village (Western...