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Pictures of venemous snakes [last update 2011-12-25]


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Fer de Lance (Bothrops asper)

Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica)
Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica)



Fer de Lance (Bothrops asper) viper


Wagler's Pit Viper (Tropidolaemus wagleri)


Aruba island rattlesnake (Crotalus unicolor)
Aruba island rattlesnake (Crotalus unicolor)



Tree viper


Tropical rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus) or cascabel
Tropical rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus) or cascabel

(Belize)

Red spitting cobra (Naja pallida)
Red spitting cobra (Naja pallida)



Bushmaster (Lachesis sp.); South American rattlesnake

Red and green eyelash viper (Bothriechis schlegelii)
Red and green eyelash viper (Bothriechis schlegelii)

(Costa Rica)

Orange eyelash viper
Orange eyelash viper



Snake anti-venom

World's venemous poisonous snake, the King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)
World's venemous poisonous snake, the King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)


Macaque monkey watching a king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) cross a road
Macaque monkey watching a king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) cross a road

(Thailand)

Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica)
Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica)


Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica)
Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica)


King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) cross a road
King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) cross a road

(Thailand)

Venemous Bothrops mattogrossensis snake
Venemous Bothrops mattogrossensis snake

(Brazil)

King cobra crossing a road in Khao Yai
King cobra crossing a road in Khao Yai

(Thailand)

Yellow eyelash viper
Yellow eyelash viper


Fer de lance (Bothrops asper) [local name in Belize - Yellow-jaw tommygoff]
Fer de lance (Bothrops asper) [local name in Belize - Yellow-jaw tommygoff]

(Belize)

Red and green eyelash viper (Bothriechis schlegelii)
Red and green eyelash viper (Bothriechis schlegelii)

(Costa Rica)

Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica)
Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica)


Rhinoceros viper (Bitis rhinoceros)
Rhinoceros viper (Bitis rhinoceros)


Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica), the largest of the true vipers
Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica), the largest of the true vipers


Red and green eyelash viper (Bothriechis schlegelii)
Red and green eyelash viper (Bothriechis schlegelii)

(Costa Rica)

Aruba island rattlesnake (Crotalus unicolor)
Aruba island rattlesnake (Crotalus unicolor)


Fer-de-lance
Fer-de-lance

(Belize)

Red and green eyelash viper (Bothriechis schlegelii)
Red and green eyelash viper (Bothriechis schlegelii)

(Costa Rica)

Aruba island rattlesnake (Crotalus unicolor)
Aruba island rattlesnake (Crotalus unicolor)


Tropical rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus) or cascavel
Tropical rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus) or cascavel

(Belize)


Green vine snake (Ahaetulla prasina)


King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)
King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)


Venemous Bothrops mattogrossensis snake
Venemous Bothrops mattogrossensis snake

(Brazil)


King cobra poised to strike



Black-and-yellow mangrove snake (Boiga dendrophila)


King cobra crossing a road in Khao Yai
King cobra crossing a road in Khao Yai

(Thailand)

Tropical rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus) or cascabel
Tropical rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus) or cascabel

(Belize)

Eyelash viper (Bothriechis schlegelii)
Eyelash viper (Bothriechis schlegelii)


Bothriechis schlegelii
Bothriechis schlegelii


Fer-de-lance snake
Fer-de-lance snake

(Belize)

Fer-de-lance
Fer-de-lance

(Belize)

Macaque monkey watching a king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) cross a road
Macaque monkey watching a king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) cross a road

(Thailand)

Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix)
Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix)


Aruba island rattlesnake (Crotalus unicolor)
Aruba island rattlesnake (Crotalus unicolor)


Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica)
Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica)


Timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus)
Timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus)


Eyelash viper
Eyelash viper

(Costa Rica)

World's longest poisonous snake, the King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)
World's longest poisonous snake, the King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)


Timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus)
Timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus)


Taylor's cantil (Agkistrodon taylori)
Taylor's cantil (Agkistrodon taylori)



Terciopelo or Equis

Egyptian cobra (Naja haje)
Egyptian cobra (Naja haje)


Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica)
Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica)


Eyelash viper
Eyelash viper

(Costa Rica)

Ornate cantil (Agkistrodon bilineatus taylori)
Ornate cantil (Agkistrodon bilineatus taylori)


Rusty eyelash viper
Rusty eyelash viper


Red spitting cobra (Naja pallida)
Red spitting cobra (Naja pallida)



Green vine snake (Ahaetulla prasina)


Cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus)
Cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus)


Rusty eyelash viper
Rusty eyelash viper


Rhinoceros viper (Bitis gabonica rhinoceros)
Rhinoceros viper (Bitis gabonica rhinoceros)


Yellow eyelash viper
Yellow eyelash viper


Eyelash viper
Eyelash viper

(Costa Rica)


Oriental Whipsnake (Ahaetulla prasina)


Eastern diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus)
Eastern diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus)


Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica), the largest of the true vipers
Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica), the largest of the true vipers



Asiatic cobra (Naja naja)



Oriental Whipsnake (Ahaetulla prasina)


Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica)
Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica)


Tropical rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus) or cascabel
Tropical rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus) or cascabel

(Belize)

King cobra crossing a road in Khao Yai
King cobra crossing a road in Khao Yai

(Thailand)

Aruba island rattlesnake (Crotalus unicolor)
Aruba island rattlesnake (Crotalus unicolor)


Red and green eyelash viper seen from the ground in its typical habitat or place of rest
Red and green eyelash viper seen from the ground in its typical habitat or place of rest

(Costa Rica)

Fer-de-lance
Fer-de-lance

(Belize)


Brazilian Lance Head (Bothrops atrox)

King cobra crossing a road in Khao Yai
King cobra crossing a road in Khao Yai

(Thailand)

Fer-de-lance
Fer-de-lance

(Belize)

Eyelash viper
Eyelash viper

(Costa Rica)

Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica)
Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica)


Egyptian cobra (Naja haje)
Egyptian cobra (Naja haje)



Milking a fer de lance for its venom

Aruba island rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus unicolor)
Aruba island rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus unicolor)


Bothriechis schlegelii
Bothriechis schlegelii


Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica)
Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica)



Malayan pitviper (Calloselasma rhodostoma)



Green vine snake (Ahaetulla prasina)


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