Tag: venomous snake

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Inland Taipan Snake Information (Oxyuranus microlepidotus)

Inland Taipan Snake Information (Oxyuranus microlepidotus)

It is considered to the world’s most toxic snake based on the median lethal dose value (MLDV) in mice. [...]
Man Who Free Handles Venomous Snakes Fighting For Life After Inland Taipan Bite

Man Who Free Handles Venomous Snakes Fighting For Life After Inland Taipan Bite

Jeff Leibowitz is known for making social media videos of himself handling venomous snakes without any protection for himself. [...]
New Venomous Snake Species Discovered In Vietnam

New Venomous Snake Species Discovered In Vietnam

The venomous snake was discovered in low to mid elevation areas of central and southern Vietnam. [...]
New Pitviper Species Discovered in China

New Pitviper Species Discovered in China

The snake, Ovophis jenkinsi, is named after herpetologist Robert "Hank" William Garfield Jenkins who died in 2023. [...]
Rarely Seen Massasauga Rattlesnake Captured During Ohio State Snake Survey

Rarely Seen Massasauga Rattlesnake Captured During Ohio State Snake Survey

In addition to its common name, massasauga rattlesnake, the venomous snake is also known as the swamp rattler, swamp massasauga, swamp rattlesnake, an [...]
Venomous Snakes Seized During Arizona Raid Positive for Snake Fungal Disease, Are Euthanized

Venomous Snakes Seized During Arizona Raid Positive for Snake Fungal Disease, Are Euthanized

The investigation found that while some of the reptiles were legal to possess, others, such as the Gila monsters (Heloderma suspectum), are illegal to [...]
Universal Venomous Snake Antivenin Could Be Within Reach

Universal Venomous Snake Antivenin Could Be Within Reach

The researchers determined that their work with HIV could correlate with finding a universal antivenin. [...]
5 Beautiful Venomous Eyelash Pit Viper Snakes Of The Bothriechis Genus Described

5 Beautiful Venomous Eyelash Pit Viper Snakes Of The Bothriechis Genus Described

The researchers include Alejandro Arteaga, R. Alexander Pyron, Abel Batista, Jose Vieira, Elson Meneses Pelayo, Eric N. Smith, César L. Barrio Amorós, [...]
New Asian Coral Snake Species Discovered In India

New Asian Coral Snake Species Discovered In India

The researchers examined 36 adult specimens from Mizoram, India and Bangladesh and determined Sinomicrurus gorei is genetically and morphologically di [...]
New Species of Venomous Pit Viper Discovered In Myanmar

New Species of Venomous Pit Viper Discovered In Myanmar

Trimeresurus ayeyarwadyensis was found to occur in the Yangon region's Hlawga Park and Pyapon and Myaungmya districts of Myanmar. [...]
Venomous Pit Viper Species of the <em>Trimeresurus albolabris</em> Complex Described

Venomous Pit Viper Species of the Trimeresurus albolabris Complex Described

The pitviper is green in coloration and sports a whitish belly and a white stripe that appears along the last row of scales before the belly. [...]
Venomous Rinkhals Snake Species From Zimbabwe Discovered From Museum DNA

Venomous Rinkhals Snake Species From Zimbabwe Discovered From Museum DNA

Rinkhals, or the ring-necked spitting cobra is not a true cobra of the genus Naja, but belongs to the genus Hemachatus. [...]
New Venomous Snake Species Discovered In Australia

New Venomous Snake Species Discovered In Australia

The desert whip snake (Demansia cyanochasma), is a new species of whip snake that is found in dry habitats across Australia. [...]
What To Do If Bit By A Rattlesnake

What To Do If Bit By A Rattlesnake

Treatment of Pitviper Envenomation in the Rural Southwestern U.S. runs June 23-24, 2023. [...]

Copperhead Snake Named Red Hot Cheeto Goes Viral

The snake in itself is not unusual at the park, but the name Red Hot Cheeto certainly causes one to take a second look. [...]
New Human Antibody May Result In Universal Antivenin For Venomous Snake Bites

New Human Antibody May Result In Universal Antivenin For Venomous Snake Bites

International researchers working with scientists at The Technical University of Denmark recently published a paper detailing their discovery of a hum [...]
Amphibian Foundation Sets Up Copperhead Snake Rescue and Advocacy  Program

Amphibian Foundation Sets Up Copperhead Snake Rescue and Advocacy Program

The Amphibian Foundation, an Atlanta, Georgia-based nonprofit organization, hosts a hotline to save copperhead snakes. Atlantans who believe they have [...]
Venomous Eastern Brown Snake Crawls Toward Snake Catcher In Defensive Display

Venomous Eastern Brown Snake Crawls Toward Snake Catcher In Defensive Display

The snake, once released from the confines of the snake bag, crawls toward Jake Stinson of Jake's Reptile Relocations with its head and part of its bo [...]
Red-Bellied Black Snake Gets Head Stuck In Beer Can, Saved By Aussie Snake Handler

Red-Bellied Black Snake Gets Head Stuck In Beer Can, Saved By Aussie Snake Handler

Using a pair of snips with one hand and holding the head of the venomous snake with the other, the snake catcher was able to safely remove the can fro [...]

Amelanistic Rattlesnake Found By Hikers In Florida

The venomous snake is just a baby, which is when amelanistic and leucistic reptiles are most often seen in the wild. [...]
Two Species Of Venomous Pit Viper Snake Discovered In South America

Two Species Of Venomous Pit Viper Snake Discovered In South America

The venomous snakes reside in areas of the Andes that are difficult to reach, including the Choco Rainforest in Ecuador, the western lowland Amazon ra [...]
Florida Herper Posts Photos To Facebook Of Eastern Coral Snake Without Red Bands

Florida Herper Posts Photos To Facebook Of Eastern Coral Snake Without Red Bands

The snake is bright yellow in coloration with black bands, a black nose and yellow head. The red that normally appears next to the yellow bands of thi [...]
King Cobra Escapes From Swedish Zoo

King Cobra Escapes From Swedish Zoo

The snake, initially named Sir Vas (Sir Hiss) and renamed Houdini after he escaped, apparently got out of the enclosure via an opening in a lamp fixtu [...]
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