61. Deadly Snake Hunted For Lifesaving Venom Like that of other snakes, death adder venom, is a form of saliva. Capturing adeath adder is difficult and dangerous. The snakes grow up to 75 http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/01/0106_030108_snakewrangler_2.html

Site Index Subscribe Shop Search Top 15 Most Popular Stories NEWS Front Page Environment Health Offbeat ... Video in the News SPECIAL SERIES The Genographic Project Pulse of the Planet National Geographic Channel RESOURCES (What's this?) Contact Us Front Page Deadly Snake Hunted for Lifesaving Venom In the milking process, a snake is prompted to bite through a latex membrane stretched over a glass beaker. Venom is collected in the beaker then later dried, weighed, and packaged by staff members wearing protective masks. Death Adders Hunted For Potent Venom While death adder venom is highly potent, such rankings often overlook important mitigating factors when determining how likely a human is to survive an encounter with the snake. Factors include the amount of venom typically injected during a bite, the likelihood of a death adder to strike and bite, and even the odds of encountering the snake in the wild. So while death adders rank among the most deadly snakes, the risks they pose to humans are not quite so high. This tempered threat is due to the high success rate of antivenin treatment and also decreased instances of human-snake encounters as the death adder's population has declined. Nonetheless, hunting the snakes is dangerous. If left untreated, the death adder's bite is deadly. "It's one of those snakes that, if it bites and envenomates you, you can certainly die," said Weigel.

62. Snakes Of Pakistan: Levantine Viper Or Mountain Adder Wildlife of Pakistan is not affiliated with any organization. http://www.wildlifeofpakistan.com/ReptilesofPakistan/levantine.htm

Select a poisonous snake: [Family: ELAPIDAE] Common Krait Sindhi Krait Northern Punjab Krait Spectacled Cobra Oxus Cobra [Family: VIPERIDAE] Russell's Viper Saw-scaled Viper Sochurek's Saw-scaled viper Multiscale Saw-scaled viper Astola Saw-scaled viper Macmahon's Viper Persian Horned Viper Levantine Viper [Family: CROTALIDAE] Himalayan Pit Viper The Levantine viper inhabits stony, semi-arid country, with sparse scrubby vegetation. Home Site Map Feedback About Myself ... Insects Levantine Viper or Mountain Adder Macrovipera lebetina, Macrovipera lebetina obtusa, Macrovipera lebetina turanica FACT FILE: Local Name none ( Urdu Family VIPERIDAE Genus Macrovipera Status Rare and restricted Warning: This snake is deadly poisonous. Risk to man high. A dangerous snake of major medical importance Levantine Viper ( Macrovipera lebetina obtusa Photo Credit: D. Hegner

63. Venomous Snakes Of The Rest Of South Africa Gaboon adder, Bitis gabonica, N of KZN, Cytotoxic Venom, Pressure bandage, YellowBellied Sea Snake, Pelamis platurus, All of East Coast. http://mzone.mweb.co.za/residents/net12980/venomrst.html

64. Snakes The grass snake grows to a greater size than the adder, sometimes to nearly 6 At first sight the smooth snake might be mistaken for an adder but a more http://ww2.runnymede.gov.uk/environt/nuisance/snakes.asp

Environmental Services Department Information Sheet Snakes There are four snake-like reptiles found in the British countryside; three of these are true snakes, namely the adder (the viper), the grass-snake (or ringed snake) and the smooth snake; the fourth is the slow-worm which is in fact a legless lizard. Sometimes the tail of a common lizard, seen briefly as it disappears into the herbage, is mistaken for a snake. The three species of snake are fairly easily distinguished from one another and from the slow-worm. Only the adder has a poisonous bite; the other three are harmless. Adders are found in most parts of England, Scotland and Wales, the grass snake is limited to England and Wales, and the smooth snake to the counties of Surrey, Hampshire, Dorset and parts of Wiltshire; there are a few old records of the smooth snake in Devon. Adders prefer rough uncultivated ground, moorland, hillsides and sunny hedge-banks; they are generally common along the cliff tops and the steep-sided combes along the coast of Devon. The grass-snake is more at home in lusher and damper situations, while the smooth snake likes sandy heaths with a pond or stream nearby. The slow-worm is generally distributed throughout this island except for one or two Scottish counties; it prefers dry rather than wet places and is particularly common in S.W. England.

65. Keeping Advice Sheet - Venomous Snakes Southern Death adder (Acanthophis antarcticus) – Maximum length 100 cm. snakes occur in a wide variety of habitats and, apart from death adders, http://www.calm.wa.gov.au/plants_animals/reptiles/advice/venomous_snakes.html

Home Reptiles as Pets : Venomous Snakes Keeping reptiles and amphibians as pets Keeping Advice Sheet - Venomous Snakes Reptiles QuickLinks Keeping Advice Sheets Reptiles Home Page Thinking of Buying a Reptile or Frog? (pdf) Frequently Asked Questions Species for Beginners Keeping Advice Sheets Reptile Links and Books Click on the thumbnail for a larger picture Southern Death Adder Desert Death Adder Pilbara Death Adder Western Tiger Snake Mulga Snake Gwardar Southern Death Adder ( Acanthophis antarcticus Desert Death Adder ( Acanthophis pyrrhus Pilbara Death Adder ( Acanthophis wellsi Western Tiger Snake ( Notechis scutatus - Maximum length 160 cm. Category 5. Mulga Snake ( Pseudechis australis Spotted Mulga Snake ( Pseudechis butleri Dugite ( Pseudonaja affinis Gwardar ( Pseudonaja nuchalis NOTE: All species listed here are dangerously venomous and are listed as Category 5. Only the experienced herpetoculturalist should consider keeping any of them. One must be over 18 years of age to hold a category 5 license. Maintaining a large elapid carries with it a considerable responsibility. Unless you are confident that you can comply with all your obligations and licence requirements when keeping dangerous animals, then look to obtaining a non-venomous species instead. Natural Habits Venomous snakes occur in a wide variety of habitats and, apart from death adders, are highly mobile.

66. Adder - YourDictionary.com - American Heritage Dictionary Any of several nonvenomous snakes, such as the milk snake of North America, adder, an example of specialization in meaning, no longer refers to just any http://www.yourdictionary.com/ahd/a/a0080200.html

Search Mamma.com for "adder" Search: Normal Definitions Short defs (Pronunciation Key) ad·der Listen: d r n. See viper Any of several nonvenomous snakes, such as the milk snake of North America, popularly believed to be harmful. [Middle English, from an addre , alteration of a naddre a snake , from Old English n dre snake Word History: The biblical injunction to be wise as serpents and innocent as doves looks somewhat alien in the Middle English guise "Loke ye be prudent as neddris and symple as dowves." Neddris, which is perhaps the strangest-looking word in this Middle English passage, would be adders in Modern English, with a different meaning and form. Adder, an example of specialization in meaning, no longer refers to just any serpent or snake, as it once did, but now denotes only specific kinds of snakes. Adder also illustrates a process known as false splitting, or juncture loss: the word came from Old English n dre and kept its n into the Middle English period, but later during that stage of the language people started analyzing the phrase a naddre as an addre the false splitting that has given us adder.

67. Venomous Snakes Of Liberia And West Africa A large and stocky adder found throughout much of subSaharan Africa. This snake is hence the name puff adder. This is one of the front-fanged snakes. http://www.tlcafrica.com/tlc_snakes.htm

V enomous Snakes of Liberia and West Africa Description Western Bush Viper Co mmon Name: Western Bush Viper, West African Bush Viper; Green Bush Viper Scientific Name: Atheris chlorerchis - Atheris chlorechis is found in the forests of West Africa from Guinea east to Gabon. Description This slender bush viper is relatively large. Adults are often 45-60 cm (18-24 inches). Some specimens may reach 70 cm (28 inches). The keeled body scales are smaller than other members of the genus giving it a smoother appearance. Its tail is long and strongly prehensile with a yellow tip. Not nearly as variable as other species, western bush vipers are light green with a pale green or bluish venter and pale yellowish Western Bush Viper Continues... Habitat and Behavior This species is primarily arboreal and is often found in low bushes and shrubs in rainforest at altitudes of up to 560 meters Puff Adder Common Name: Puff Adder Scientific Name: Bitis arietans PUFF ADDER A large and stocky adder found throughout much of sub-Saharan Africa. This snake is responsible for many serious snakebite cases in many areas of its range.

68. Adder Compared to other British snakes the adder has a relatively broad head and a The adder is our only venomous snake and uses this venom for subduing prey. http://www.onewildworld.co.uk/reptiles/viperaberus.htm

Home Introduction Taxonomy Identification ... Native Species Alien Species Conservation Forum Adder Vipera berus Other names : viper, northern viper Description Compared to other British snakes the adder has a relatively broad head and a distinct neck. A black stripe usually extends from the eye along the neck before breaking up into spots that run the length of the flanks. It is also the only British snake to have vertical pupils (the smooth snake and grass snake both have round pupils). Total length : Males to around 60cm, females larger up to 80cm, exceptionally to 90cm. SVL : Up to 70cm Tail : Up to 20cm (around 15% of body length) Neonates : To 20cm Scalation : Usually 21 rows of dorsal scales at mid body. Subcaudals: males 32-46, females 24-38. Head scalation Population and Distribution Estimated UK breeding population: 130,000 Estimated number of UK populations: 1,300

69. Psalm 140:3 They Have Sharpened Their Tongues Like A Serpent. Their tongues are sharp like the tongue of a snake; the poison of snakes is They sharpened their tongue as a serpent, Poison of an adder is under http://bible.cc/psalms/140-3.htm

Adder Adders Adder's Lips ... Viper's Psalm 140:3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. Viper's poison is under their lips. Selah. (WEB) They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; Adders poison is under their lips. Selah (ASV) Their tongues are sharp like the tongue of a snake; the poison of snakes is under their lips. (Selah.) (BBE) They sharpen their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah. (DBY) They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah. (KJV) They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adder's poison is under their lips. Selah. (WBS) They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; vipers' venom is under their lips. Selah (JPS) They sharpened their tongue as a serpent, Poison of an adder 'is' under their lips. Selah. (YLT) OT Poetry: Psalm 140:3 They have sharpened their tongues like (top) Bible Gateway: Psalms Chapter 140 Verse 3 NIV Online Parallel Bible Adder ... Viper's

70. Western Hognose Snake, Heterodon Nasicus This behavior causes it to be called blow snake, spreading adder, hissing adder,or puff adder by local people. If this front fails and persecution persists http://www.herpnet.net/Iowa-Herpetology/reptiles/snakes/western_hognose_snake.ht

Home Reptiles : Western hognose snake Western Hognose Snake Heterodon nasicus by Jeff LeClere Louisa County, Iowa Muscatine Co., IA Louisa Co., IA Louisa County, Iowa Death feigning, Louisa Co., IA Death feigning, Muscatine Co., IA Muscatine Co., IA Key to Similar Species Status ENDANGERED. It is illegal to kill or collect this species by law in Iowa. Western hognose snakes need a special habitat to survive in Iowa. Unfortunately, most of that habitat is now gone. We really need records from the western part of Iowa! Please report sightings to us or the DNR. Description This is a medium sized Iowa snake ranging from 15 to 39 inches in length. It is a very heavy-bodied serpent. It is considered nonvenomous. The ground color is usually some shade of brown with darker brown blotches down the back. There are two alternating rows of smaller dark spots along the sides. There is a large longitudinal blotch on both sides of the neck. These blotches are brown, but not black. The belly is shiny jet black with small yellow or whitish squares, often many squares clustered together. The anal plate is usually lighter colored than the belly. The underside of the tail is black. The rostral scale is enlarged; protruding outward and upward like a hogs snout. The snout comes to a point and there is a heavy keel along the top. Hognose snakes have smaller scales around their snouts. Other snake species, such as rat snakes, have no smaller scale separation; the prefrontals and internasals are all touching on the snout. The body scales are keeled and the anal plate is divided.

71. Death Adder :: Saint Louis Zoo To capture lizards, birds and small mammals, the death adder lifts the brightly As the unsuspecting animal ventures near the lure, the snake secures its http://www.stlzoo.org/animals/abouttheanimals/reptiles/snakes/deathadder.htm

Site Map Search Contact Press Room Selected shortcuts for... - Zoo Visitors - Educators - Students - Members - Donors - Sponsors - Event Planners - Prospective Staff - Professional Peers - Media - Regional Community - Mission - History - Organization - Economic Impact ... Snakes Death Adder Death Adder Range: Australia, New Guinea Habitat: Dry, sandy areas in or near open woodlands, grassy plains, rock outcroppings Conservation Status Not listed by IUCN Scientific Name: Acanthophis antarcticus Although death adders look and behave like vipers, they are members of the cobra family. Because there are no vipers in Australia these adders have evolved to fill that ecological niche. Their potent, fast-acting venom and sluggish habits make them responsible for a high proportion of Australia's serious snakebites. To capture lizards, birds and small mammals, the death adder lifts the brightly colored tip of its tail, slowly waving it to mimic the movement of a caterpillar. As the unsuspecting animal ventures near the lure, the snake secures its prey with a quick strike. Did You Know?

72. Northern Death Adder :: Saint Louis Zoo The death adder is well named its potent, fastacting venom accounts for a This snake uses a clever trick to catch lizards, birds and small mammals. http://www.stlzoo.org/animals/abouttheanimals/reptiles/snakes/northerndeathadder

Site Map Search Contact Press Room Selected shortcuts for... - Zoo Visitors - Educators - Students - Members - Donors - Sponsors - Event Planners - Prospective Staff - Professional Peers - Media - Regional Community - Mission - History - Organization - Economic Impact ... Snakes Northern Death Adder Northern Death Adder Range: Northern Australia Habitat: Forests and woodlands Conservation Status Not listed by IUCN Scientific Name: Acanthophis praelongus The death adder is well named: its potent, fast-acting venom accounts for a large number of Australia's serious snakebites. This snake uses a clever trick to catch lizards, birds and small mammals. It lifts the brightly colored tip of its tail and slowly waves it, mimicking the movement of a caterpillar. As the unsuspecting prey approaches the lure, the snake pounces on it with a quick strike. Did You Know? Death adders are members of the cobra family. Here at the Zoo The Herpetarium is home to our northern death adders. About This Site Accredited

73. Snakes This snake has a typical adder shape, but is very small with......Red adder Rooiadder Bitis rubida Size These snakes have an average length of 25 http://www.capenature.org.za/index.php?fArticleId=578&fSectionId=180

74. Ruth Padel at the door by his wife, is bitten by an adder and dies on Egdon Heath.snakes also have a Freudian phallic aura, and vipers mythic victims are usually http://www.ruthpadel.com/pages/Sacred_Poison.htm

Home Books Essays Latest Poem ... Contact Us SACRED POISON, VIPERS AND ADDERS Published in The Times May 2002 Poison: cold, coiled and lurking. An enamelled skin, sloughed off annually. A flickering, forked tongue and eyes that never blink. All this makes "viper" a byword for treachery, for prettily camouflaged wickedness, a lethal danger you never see. "If a snake or a viper cross your path, watch out for false friends", goes an English proverb. Cherishing a viper in your bosom is showering kindness on someone who turns out unworthy, ungrateful. "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is, to have a thankless child", says King Lear. Yet snakes have also been potent sacred symbols. Egyptian Pharoahs had cobras on their crown, the Indian god Vishnu sleeps on the serpent of eternity, Aztecs worshipped the plumed serpent. Ancient symbolisms like these, evolved in hot countries with many lethally poisonous snakes like Israel, Egypt, the Mediterranean, profoundly shaped Western imagination. John the Baptist calls the Pharisees a "generation of vipers"; the serpent who poisons Eve morally brings about the Fall of Man; Eurydice, Orpheus's beloved, is bitten in the heel and dies; Philoctetes' festering snake-bite never heals; Cleopatra uses Nile asps for suicide.

75. Death Adder The Death adder is different from all other snakes in Australia. Most other snakeswould slip away when a human approached, but not the Death adder, http://www.usq.edu.au/users/weppner/dangerous/death_adder.htm

Home Blue Ringed Octopus Cone Shellfish Mouse Spider ... Games and Quizes Death Adder The Death Adder is found everywhere in Australia except for Victoria and Tasmania. It is also found in Papua New Guinea. The Death Adder has a triangle looking head with a fat body. The colours vary from a light reddish brown to a dark grey. The maximum length of a Death Adder is 1.1 metres long. Its fangs are 6.2 millimetres long and are hollow. The Death Adder is different from all other snakes in Australia. Most other snakes would slip away when a human approached, but not the Death Adder, it stays put. It lies half buried in the sand, curls up with its head next to its tail. It then dangles its tail in the air to attract rodents like lizards and small birds. The Death Adder rarely misses its prey and it never wastes its venom. Its fangs can rotate forward just in time to strike its prey. Its fangs can be at a right angle to the skin and it can still bite. A Death Adder has 85 milligrams of venom and it strikes its prey as fast as lightning. The venom of a Death Adder attacks the nerves. If it is not treated paralysis can occur, but amazingly it does not change the muscle structure.

76. Common Snakes The Hognosed Snake or Puff adder, the Blue and the Black Racers, the King Snake,and the Milk Snake or Spotted adder, are large egg-laying snakes which are http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/natbltn/200-299/nb270.htm

Forest Preserve District of Cook County (Illinois) Nature Bulletin Index Go To Top NEWTON Homepage Ask A Scientist ... NEWTON is an electronic community for Science, Math, and Computer Science K-12 Educators. Argonne National Laboratory, Division of Educational Programs, Harold Myron, Ph.D., Division Director.

77. Adder - Wiktionary The puff adders of Africa are species of the genus Clotho. (American) Any ofseveral small nonvenomous snakes resembling the adder, such as the milk snake. http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/adder

adder From Wiktionary Contents English Etymology 1 Pronunciation Noun ... edit English edit Etymology 1 From Old English addere (resulted from misdivision of a naddere to an addere ); from Old English naddere ; from Anglo Saxon n¦dre , adder, snake . Akin to Old Saxon nadra , Old High German natra natara , German natter , Gothic nadrs , Icelandic na°r masculine na°ra feminine : compare Welsh neidr , Cornish naddyr , Irish nathair , Latin natrix , water snake. edit Pronunciation IPA: WEAE /ˈ¦d.ɚ/ edit Noun (Obsolete): a snake. (British) A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera . The common European adder is the Vipera (or Pelias berus . The puff adders of Africa are species of the genus Clotho (American) Any of several small nonvenomous snakes resembling the adder, such as the milk snake. edit Translations snake: Finnish: k¤¤rme viper: Dutch: adder m Estonian: r¤stik Finnish: kyy Swedish: huggorm small snake: Unclassified translations: Russian: edit Derived words edit Etymology 2 to add -er edit Noun Someone or something which performs arithmetic addition something which adds or increases They sought out cost adders with an eye toward eliminating them.

78. Dangerous Snakes Black Snake, Copperhead, Death adder. Eastern Brown, Fierce, Gwardar. Mulga,Taipan, Tiger. COMING SOON, COMING SOON. Western Brown http://home.iprimus.com.au/gunnado/snakes.html

Australia has over 140 species of land snake, and around 32 species of sea snakes which have been recorded in Australian waters. Around 100 Australian snakes are venomous, although only 12 are likely to inflict a wound that could kill you. The most dangerous snakes belong to the front-fanged group, which includes the Tiger, Brown, Death Adder, Mulga or King Brown and a few species of sea snake. Australia’s other snakes are the solid-toothed non-venomous snakes (such as pythons, blind snakes and file snakes) and venomous rear-fanged snakes (such as the brown tree snake and mangrove snakes). Please note : This is an informational page only. I am not a snake expert. If you have queries about snakes or a certain type of snake most likely I will be unable to answer it. A fantastic site to go to is the Australian Reptile Park. They have loads of information there and are quick to respond to questions. Black Snake Copperhead Death Adder Eastern Brown Fierce Gwardar Mulga Taipan Tiger COMING SOON COMING SOON Western Brown Where To Now?

79. Addersnew The adder, Vipera berus, is Britain s only venomous snake. Britain is also hometo the grass snake, Natrix natrix, and the smooth snake, Coronella austriaca http://www.brantacan.co.uk/adders.htm

80. Grass Snakes They will also bask with adders. Sometimes three or four snakes will curl up Some of the material in the adders page applies also to grass snakes. http://www.brantacan.co.uk/grass_snakes.htm

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