How Many Types Of Snakes Are Poisonous?

The poor old snake has something of a bad reputation, but is in fact, not quite as bad as is often portrayed. There are over 2,400 types of snake but only about 400 of them are poisonous, leaving 2000 types of snake which do not poison to kill their prey.
However, this does not necessarily mean that they are 'cosy and cuddly' since boas and pythons do not poison their victims, but instead choose to squeeze or 'constrict' their enemy to the death.
Other snakes may not poison their prey but will simply sneak up on it and kill it with its teeth. They cannot chew and swallow their victims whole.
The most venomous snakes include the cobra, mamba, krait and tiger snake. Members of the viper family, such as bushmaster, rattlesnake, adders, cottonmouth and sidewinder are also extremely poisonous. But all other types of snake are less 'deadly' although probably best avoided !

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