Most venomous

[mrmikk]

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 from the barefoot bushman site.

Inland Taipan ​

Oxyuranus microlepidotus

50.0 ​

Common Brown Snake ​

Pseudonaja textilis

12.5 ​

Taipan ​

Oxyuranus scutellatus

7.8 ​

Reevesby Is. Tiger Snake ​

Notechis ater niger

5.1 ​

Common Tiger Snake ​

Notechis scutatus

4.2 ​

Western Tiger Snake ​

Notechis ater occidentalis

4.0 ​

Beaked sea snake ​

Enhydrina schistosa

2.9 ​

Chappell Is. Tiger Snake ​

Notechis ater serventyi

1.8 ​

Common death adder ​

Acanthophis antarcticus

1.5​

Western Brown Snake ​

Pseudonaja nuchalis

1.5​

Copperhead ​

Austrelaps superbus

1.0 ​

Dugite ​

Pseudonaja affinis

0.9​

Stephens banded snake ​

Hoplocephalus stephensi

0.4 ​

Rough scaled snake ​

Tropidechis carinatus

0.5 ​

Spotted black snake ​

Pseudechis guttatus

0.3​

King Brown Snake ​

Pseudechis australis

0.3 ​

Collets snake ​

Pseudechis colletti

0.2 ​

Red bellied black snake ​

Pseudechis porphyriacus

0.2​

Small-eyed snake ​

Cryptophis nigrescens

0.2​

Whip snake ​

Demansia olivacea

<0.1​

Non-Australian​

Indian cobra ​

Naja naja naja

1.0 ​

Papuan black snake ​

Pseudechis pauanus

0.4 ​

King cobra ​

Ophiophagus hannah

0.3 ​

E. diamond-back rattlesnake ​

Crotalus adamanteus

<<0.1 ​

Brazillian viper (Barba amarilla) ​

Bothrops atrox

 

[junglepython2]

How come the king cobra gets a rating of one at the start but in the table it is only 0.3????

 

[mrmikk]

Apologies, mis-quote, Indian Cobra, not King Cobra

 

[junglepython2]

Ahh that makes sense, I wonder where the new taipan that was discovered will fit in.