Top 10 Deadliest Snakes In India



According to the figures, dying of snakebite in India every year 46 thousand people (the official figure is only 20 thousand). The prime reason is that neither venomous snakes found in India nor enough information about how to prevent, to the known.

#10 Hypnale hypnale (Hump-Nosed Pit Viper)
Hypnale hypnale is a venomous pitviper species endemic to India and Sri Lanka.


#9 Trimeresurus malabaricus (Malabar Pit Viper)
Trimeresurus malabaricus is a venomous pit viper species endemic to southwestern India.



#8 Trimeresurus gramineus (Green Bamboo Pit Viper )
Trimeresurus gramineus is a venomous pit viper species found only in southern India. It is the type species for the genus Trimeresurus.



#7 Echis (Saw-Scaled Viper) 
Echis is a genus of venomous vipers found in the dry regions of Africa, the Middle East, Pakistan, India, and Sri Lanka. They have a characteristic threat display, rubbing sections of their body together to produce a "sizzling" warning sound.



#6 Common krait (Indian Krait)
The common krait, also known as Indian krait or blue krait is a species of venomous snake of the genus Bungarus found in the jungles of the Indian subcontinent.



#5 Banded krait
The banded krait is a species of elapid snake found on the Indian Subcontinent and in Southeast Asia. It is one of the largest kraits, with a maximum length up to 2.1 m.



#4 Albino Russell's viper



#3 Daboia russelii (Russell's viper)
Daboia is a monotypic genus of venomous Old World viper. The single species, D. russelii, is found in Asia throughout the Indian subcontinent, much of Southeast Asia, southern China and Taiwan and Pakistan.



#2 Indian Cobra
The Indian cobra (Naja naja) also known as the Spectacled cobra, Asian cobra or Binocellate cobra is a species of the genus Naja found in the Indian subcontinent (India, Pakistan) and a member of the "big four" species that inflict the most snakebites on humans in India.



#1 King Cobra
The king cobra is an elapid found predominantly in forests from India through Southeast Asia. This species is the world's longest venomous snake, with a length up to 18.5 to 18.8 ft.


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