FAMOUS INDIAN VENOMOUS SNAKES. MOST COMMON ONE.Birds, Reptiles & Other Vertebrates

FAMOUS INDIAN VENOMOUS SNAKES. MOST COMMON ONE.

Reptiles

cobra

cobra, any of various species of highly venomous snakes, most of which expand the neck ribs to form a hood. While the hood is characteristic of cobras, not all of them are closely related. Cobras are found from southern Africa through southern Asia to islands of Southeast Asia.

 Throughout their range, different species are favourites of snake charmers, who frighten them into assuming the upreared defense posture. The snake sways in response to the movement and perhaps also to the music of the charmer, who knows how to avoid the relatively slow strike and who may have removed the snake’s fangs. The short fangs at the front of the mouth have an enclosed groove, which delivers the venom. Cobra venom generally contains neurotoxins active against the nervous system of prey—primarily small vertebrates and other snakes. Bites, particularly from larger species, can be fatal depending on the amount of venom injected. Neurotoxins affect breathing, and although antivenin is effective, it must be administered soon after the bite. Thousands of deaths occur each year in South and Southeast Asia.

Scientific name : Naza naza

phylum -Chordata

 subphylum -Vertebrata

class -Reptilia

order- Squamata

suborder -Serpentes.

Family -

Common karait 

The common krait, also known as the blue krait, is a species of highly venomous snake of the genus Bungarus native to the Indian subcontinent. 

It is a member of the "Big Four" species that inflict the most snakebites on humans in Bangladesh and India 

Scientific name - Bungarus caeruleus

phylum -Chordata

subphylum -Vertebrata

class -Reptilia

order- Squamata

suborder -Serpentes.

Family - Elapidae

Russell's viper

Russell's viper (Daboia russelii) is a venomous snake in the family Viperidae native to the Indian subcontinent and one of the big four snakes in India. 

It was described in 1797 by George Shaw and Frederick Polydore Nodder, and named after Patrick Russell who wrote about it in his 1796 work An account of Indian serpents, collected on the coast of Coromandel.

Some times people thinks that this is a baby of Indian rock python both look alike

i.e. they belong to same family but one is VENOMOUS and other is not 

Scientific name - Daboia russelii

phylum -Chordata

subphylum -Vertebrata

class -Reptilia

order- Squamata

suborder -Serpentes.

Family -Viperidae