DEADLIEST ANIMALS

TOP 10 MOST VENOMOUS REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS

1. Indian Cobra

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Toxin: Peak V

Fatal Amount (MG): 0.009

Type of venom: Neurotoxin 

Found in: South Asia

2.Black Mamba

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Toxin: Toxin 1

Fatal Amount (MG): 0.02

Type of venom: Neurotoxin(Dendrotoxin)

Found in: Saharan desert

3.Brown Snake

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Toxin: Texilotoxin

Fatal Amount (MG): 0.05

Type of venom: Neurotoxin 

Found in: Australia and papua new guinea 

4.Inland Taipan

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Toxin: Paradotoxin

Fatal Amount (MG): 0.10

Type of venom: Neurotoxin 

Found in: Australia

5.Poison Dart Frog

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Toxin: Batrachotoxin

Fatal Amount (MG): 0.11

Type of venom: Hemotoxin 

Found in: Central and South America

6.Krait

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Toxin: Bungarotoxin

Fatal Amount (MG): 0.50

Type of venom: Neurotoxin 

Found in: South Asia

7.Black Widow Spider

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Toxin: Latrotoxin

Fatal Amount (MG): 1.0

Type of venom: Neurotoxin 

Found in: North america , Australia

8.King cobra

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Toxin: Haditoxin

Fatal Amount (MG): 1.31

Type of venom: Neurotoxin 

Found in: South Asia

9.Tiger Snake

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Toxin: Myotoxin

Fatal Amount (MG): Death in 30 minutes

Type of venom: Neurotoxin 

Found in: Australia

10.Death Stalker Scorpion

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Toxin: Chlorotoxin

Fatal Amount (MG): Harmful to kids

Type of venom: Neurotoxin 

Found in: North Africa , Middle East