Sub-cutaneous LD-50s
| Scientific name |
Common name |
LD-50 (mg/kg) |
Notes |
| Oxyuranus microlepidotus |
Inland taipan |
0.025 |
Formerly known as fierce snake or small-scaled
snake |
| Pseudonaja textilis |
Eastern brown snake |
0.0365 |
|
| Aipysurus duboisii |
Dubois's sea snake |
0.044 |
|
| Pelamis platurus |
Yellow bellied sea snake |
0.067 |
|
| Acalyptophis peronii |
Horned sea snake |
0.079 |
|
| Oxyuranus scutellatus |
Coastal taipan |
0.106 |
Oxyuranus scutellatus canni (Papua New
Guinea taipan) should be considered as having the same venom
composition until proven otherwise |
| Bungarus multicinctus |
Many banded krait |
0.108 |
|
| Hydrophis melanosoma |
Black banded sea snake |
0.111 |
|
| Enhydrina schistosa |
Beaked sea snake |
0.1125 |
|
| Boulengeria christyi |
Congo water cobra |
0.12 |
|
| Notechis a. niger |
Peninsula tiger snake |
0.131 |
|
| Boulengeria annulata |
Banded water cobra |
0.143 |
|
| Echis carinatus |
Saw-scaled viper |
0.151 |
Species complex, geographical data not given |
| Hydrophis stricticollis |
sea snake species |
0.164 |
|
| Hydrophis major |
Olive-headed sea snake |
0.193 |
|
| Notechis a. occidentalis |
Western tiger snake |
0.194 |
|
| Crotalus tigris |
Tiger rattlesnake |
0.21 |
|
| Notechis scutulatus |
Mainland tiger snake |
0.214 |
|
| Hydrophis elegans |
Elegant sea snake |
0.26 |
|
| Aipysurus laevi |
Olive sea snake |
0.264 |
|
| Laticauda semifasciata |
Broad banded sea krait |
0.273 |
|
| Naja atra |
Chinese cobra |
0.29 |
|
| Dendroaspis polylepsis |
Black mamba |
0.32 |
|
| Notechis a. serventyi |
Chapel island tiger snake |
0.338 |
|
| Hydrophis nigrocinctus |
Duadin's sea snake |
0.343 |
|
| Crotalus scututatus |
Mojave green rattlesnake |
0.34 |
|
| Bungarus caeruleus |
Indian krait |
0.365 |
|
| Walterinnesia aegyptia |
Desert cobra |
0.4 |
|
| Laticauda colubrina |
Wide faced sea krait |
0.435 |
|
| Naja naja |
Spectacled cobra |
0.45 |
Careful - any Asiatic cobra may have been referred
to as N. naja in the past |
| Hydrophis cyanocinctus |
Annulated sea snake |
0.464 |
|
| Pseudonaja nuchalis |
Gwardar/Western brown snake |
0.473 |
Species complex |
| Acanthophis antarcticus |
Common death adder |
0.5 |
Species complex, geographical data not indicated |
| Austrelaps superbus |
Lowland copperhead |
0.5 |
|
| Lapemis hardwickii |
Hardwicke's sea snake |
0.541 |
|
| Pseudonaja affinis |
Dugite |
0.66 |
|
| Dendroaspis viridis |
Western green mamba |
0.7 |
|
| Naja nivea |
Cape cobra |
0.72 |
|
| Daboia russelli russelli |
Russell's viper subspecies |
0.75 |
|
| Dendroaspis jamesoni |
Jameson's mamba |
1 |
|
| Pseudechis papuanus |
Papuan black snake |
1.09 |
|
| Naja haje |
Egyptian cobra |
1.15 |
Give locality - southern African forms now regarded
as separate species, N. annulifera |
| Micrurus fulvius |
coral snake sp. |
1.3 |
|
| Hoplocephalus stephensi |
Stephen's banded snake |
1.36 |
|
| Daboia russelii formosensis |
Russell's viper subspecies |
1.37 |
Synonym of D.r. siamensis, locality info
lacking |
| Ophiophagus hannah |
King cobra |
1.7 |
Give locality, this species is about to be split |
| Pseudechis australis |
Mulga snake |
1.94 |
|
| Pseudechis porphyriacus |
Red-bellied black snake |
2 |
|
| Pseudechis guttatus |
Spotted black snake |
2.13 |
|
| Pseudechis colletti |
Collett's snake |
2.38 |
|
| Hemachatus haemachatus |
Rinkhals |
2.65 |
|
| Cryptophis nigrescens |
Small eyed snake |
2.67 |
|
| Crotalus basciliscus |
Mexican west-coast rattlesnake |
2.8 |
|
| Dendroaspis angusticeps |
Eastern green mamba |
3.05 |
|
| Crotalus horridus horridus |
Timber rattlesnake |
3.1 |
|
| Bungarus fasciatus |
Banded krait |
3.6 |
|
| Vipera latifii |
True viper species |
4.61 |
|
| Tropidolaemus wagleri |
Wagler's viper |
6.19 |
Formerly in Trimeresurus genus |
| Vipera bornmuelleri |
True viper species |
6.25 |
|
| Vipera berus |
Adder |
6.45 |
|
| Vipera ammodytes |
Long-nosed viper |
6.59 |
|
| Bothrops jararaca |
Jararaca |
7 |
|
| Trimeresurus gramineus |
Indian green tree viper |
8.6 |
T. gramineus is a rare species, most venoms
thus labelled in the literature come from other species |
| Deinagkistrodon acutus |
Sharp-nosed pit viper |
9.2 |
Fomerly in Agkistrodon genus |
| Vipera palaestinae |
Palestine viper |
9.4 |
|
| Crotalus exul |
rattlesnake species |
9.92 |
|
| Bitis gabonica |
Gaboon viper |
12.5 |
|
| Trimeresurus albolabris |
White lipped tree viper |
12.75 |
|
| Bothrops jararacussu |
Jararacussu' |
13 |
|
| Crotalus polystictus |
Mexican blotched rattlesnake |
13.3 |
|
| Bothrops neuwiedi |
Jararaca pintada |
14.2 |
|
| Crotalus adamanteus |
Eastern diamondback rattlesnake |
14.6 |
|
| Causus rhombeatus |
Night adder |
15 |
|
| Cerastes cerastes |
Desert horned viper |
15 |
|
| Bothrops alternatus |
Urutu |
15.8 |
|
| Macrovipera lebetina |
Levantine viper |
16 |
Specimens from N. Africa are referrable to M.
mauretanica |
| Crotalus atrox |
Western diamondback rattlesnake |
18.5 |
|
| Gloydius blomhoffi |
Mamushi |
20 |
|
| Bothrops atrox |
Terciopelo |
22 |
Species complex, geographical origin not given |
| Calloselasma rhodostoma |
Malayan pit viper |
23.4 |
Fomerly in Agkistrodon genus. |
| Crotalus lepidus klauberi |
Rock rattlesnake |
23.95 |
|
| Sistrurus milarius barbouri |
Red pygmy rattlesnake |
24.3 |
|
| Emydocephalus annulatus |
Turtle-headed sea snake |
25 |
|
| Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix |
Southern copperhead |
25.6 |
|
| Agkistrodon piscovorus |
Cottomouth/ Water moccasin |
25.8 |
|
| Bothriechis schlegelii |
Eyelash viper |
33.2 |
Formerly in Bothrops genus |
| Lachesis muta |
Bushmaster |
36.9 |
Give locality, as L. muta recently split
into 3 species |
| Demansia olivacea |
Olive whip snake |
714.2 |
|