Intraperitoneal LD-50s
| Scientific name |
Common name |
LD-50 (mg/kg) |
Notes |
| Oxyuranus scutellatus |
Coastal taipan |
0.009 |
Oxyuranus scutellatus canni (Papua New Guinea taipan)
should be considered as having the same venoms composition until
proven otherwise |
| Pseudocerastes fieldi |
Field's horned viper |
0.02 |
|
| Bungarus multicinctus |
Many banded krait |
0.08 |
|
| Bungarus caeruleus |
Indian krait |
0.089 |
|
| Enhydrina schistosa |
Beaked sea snake |
0.107 |
|
| Dendroaspis angusticeps |
Eastern green mamba |
0.117 |
|
| Micrurus micrurus anomalus |
coral snake species |
0.118 |
No such species |
| Walterinnesia aegyptia |
Desert cobra |
0.133 |
|
| Crotalus scutulatus scutulatus |
Mojave green rattlesnake |
0.159 |
|
| Crotalus mitchelli mitchelli |
Desert speckled rattlesnake |
0.18 |
|
| Naja haje |
Egyptian cobra |
0.185 |
Species complex - southern African forms now regarded as
separate species, N. annulifera |
| Crotalus viridis concolor |
Midget faded rattlesnake |
0.2 |
|
| Crotalus durissus terrificus |
Cascabel |
0.216 |
|
| Naja kaouthia |
Monocled cobra |
0.225 |
|
| Hydrophis cyanocinctus |
Annulated sea snake |
0.24 |
|
| Cerastes vipera |
Sahara sand viper |
0.25 |
|
| Lapemis hardwickii |
Hardwicke's sea snake |
0.26 |
|
| Echis coloratus |
Carpet viper |
0.263 |
|
| Austrelaps superbus |
Lowland copperhead |
0.28 |
|
| Cerastes cerastes |
Desert horned viper |
0.3 |
|
| Hydrophis spiralis |
Yellow sea snake |
0.315 |
|
| Naja naja |
Spectacled cobra |
0.315 |
Careful - any Asiatic cobra may have been referred to as
N. naja in the past |
| Naja melanoleuca |
Black forest cobra |
0.324 |
|
| Dendroaspis viridis |
Western green mamba |
0.33 |
|
| Hydrophis klossi |
sea snake species |
0.365 |
|
| Daboia russelli russelli |
Russell's viper species |
0.4 |
|
| Hydrophis melanosoma |
Black banded sea snake |
0.4 |
|
| Naja flava |
Cape cobra |
0.4 |
Should be N. nivea |
| Naja nigricollis |
Black necked spitting cobra |
0.4 |
|
| Dendroaspis jamesoni |
Jameson's mamba |
0.414 |
|
| Vipera ammodytes |
Long-nosed viper |
0.415 |
|
| Naja nivea |
Cape cobra |
0.42 |
|
| Daboia russelii formosensis |
Russel's viper subspecies |
0.489 |
Synonym of D.r. siamensis, locality info lacking |
| Kerilia jerdoni |
Jerdon's sea snake |
0.53 |
|
| Micrurus frontalis frontalis |
Southern coral snake |
0.592 |
|
| Crotalus durissus durissus |
Neotropical rattlesnake |
0.667 |
|
| Micrurus nigrocinctus |
Black banded coral snake |
0.701 |
|
| Micrurus alleni |
coral snake species |
0.705 |
|
| Bitis arientas |
Puff adder |
0.716 |
|
| Pseudechis colletti |
Collett's snake |
0.84 |
|
| Dendroaspis polylepsis |
Black mamba |
0.941 |
|
| Micrurus annulatus hertwigi |
coral snake species |
0.951 |
|
| Micrurus dumarillii |
coral snake species |
0.96 |
|
| Agkistrodon bilineatus |
Cantil |
1.155 |
|
| Micrurus spixii obscurus |
Amazonian coral snake subspecies |
1.16 |
|
| Bungarus fasciatus |
Banded krait |
1.55 |
|
| Bitis gabonica |
Gaboon viper |
1.589 |
|
| Ophiophagus hannah |
King cobra |
1.644 |
Give locality, this species is about to be split |
| Vipera palaestinae |
Palestine viper |
1.9 |
|
| Vipera bornmuelleri |
True viper species |
1.92 |
|
| Crotalus viridis viridis |
Prarie rattlesnake |
2 |
|
| Naja pallida |
Sudan red spitting cobra |
2 |
|
| Vipera latifii |
True viper species |
2.07 |
|
| Echis carinatus |
Saw-scaled viper |
2.15 |
Geographical data not given, species complex |
| Crotalus viridis lutosus |
Great basin rattlesnake |
2.2 |
|
| Crotalus viridis caliginsis |
rattlesnake species |
2.26 |
|
| Crotalus horridus horridus |
Timber rattlesnake |
2.272 |
|
| Crotalus adamanteus |
Eastern diamondback rattlesnake |
2.295 |
|
| Agkistrodon bilineatus taylori |
Ornate cantil |
2.3 |
|
| Crotalus viridis helleri |
Southern Pacific rattlesnake |
2.44 |
|
| Crotalus durissus totonacus |
rattlesnake species |
2.5 |
|
| Crotalus mitchelli pyrrhus |
Southwestern speckled rattlesnake |
2.7 |
|
| Bothrops asper |
Terciopelo |
2.844 |
|
| Tropidolaemus wagleri |
Wagler's viper |
3.58 |
Formerly in Trimeresurus genus |
| Bothrops atrox |
Barba amarilla |
3.8 |
Species complex, geographical origin not given |
| Crotalus exul |
rattlesnake species |
3.9 |
|
| Crotalus cerastes |
Sidewinder |
4 |
|
| Crotalus catalinensis |
rattlesnake species |
4.1 |
|
| Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen |
Northern copperhead |
4.222 |
|
| Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma |
Western cottonmouth |
4.844 |
|
| Calloselasma rhodostoma |
Malayan pit viper |
4.9885 |
Fomerly in Agkistrodon genus. |
| Trimeresurus flavoviridis |
Okinawa habu |
5.07 |
|
| Agkistrodon piscovorus |
Cottomouth/ Water moccasin |
5.1 |
|
| Crotalus atrox |
Western diamondback rattlesnake |
5.588 |
|
| Lachesis muta |
Bushmaster |
6.17 |
Give locality, as L. muta recently split into 3 species |
| Sistrurus milarius barbouri |
Red pygmy rattlesnake |
6.822 |
|
| Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix |
Southern copperhead |
10.9 |
|
| Trimeresurus okinavensis |
Himehabu |
15 |
|