9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes: Quick Facts

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Mozambique spitting cobra

Fer-de-lance (Bothrops asper).

Boomslang (Dispholidus typus)

eastern tiger snake

Saw-scaled viper (Echis carinatus)

Western taipan (Oxyuranus microlepidotus)

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