Venomous Snakes

Many people refer to venomous snakes as poisonous snakes. This is incorrect. A poisonous snake would be a snake that, if ingested is harmful. Snakes inject venom, and thus should properly be called venomous.

For a list of the most venomous snakes according to the toxicity of their venom see MOST VENOMOUS SNAKES

FAMILIES OF VENOMOUS SNAKE (and number of species)

• Colubridae (4)
• Atractaspidinae (18)
• Acanthophiinae (98)
• Elapinae (118)
• Hydrophiinae (77)
• Laticaudinae (14)
• Azemiopinae (1)
• Viperinae (53)
• Crotalinae (151)

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